Holyrood
English
Alternative forms
- Holy Rood
Etymology
From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after a location near Crewkerne, Somerset.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒl.i.ɹuːd/
- Hyphenation: Hol‧y‧rood
- Rhymes: -ɒliɹuːd
Proper noun
Holyrood
- An area in Edinburgh, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
- (UK politics, by extension, metonymically) The Scottish Parliament.
- 2020 December 16, “Network News: Scotland set to snub Johnson's Union Connectivity Review”, in Rail, page 21:
- But Matheson has indicated that the Scottish Government will not be responding to the consultation because transport policy in Scotland is a matter for ministers at Holyrood and not at Westminster.
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- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- (Christianity) Alternative form of Holy Rood: the True Cross of Jesus.