holy war

holy war

English

Noun

holy war (plural holy wars)

1. A war that is entirely, primarily, or ostensibly religious in motivation; a war over religion.

   The conflict is beginning to look like a holy war between Sunnis and Shias.

2. (computing, Usenet) A long-running and acrimonious debate or flame war over personal preferences in technical matters, such as the choice between little-endian and big-endian representation.
3. (Utah) The rivalry between the sports teams of Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.

Synonyms

• (war over religion): jihad

Translations

primarily religious war

Albanian: luftë e shenjtë Arabic: حَرْب مُقَدَّسَة‎ f (ḥarb muqaddasa) Armenian: սրբազան պատերազմ (hy) (srbazan paterazm) Belarusian: свята́я вайна́ f (svjatája vajná) Bulgarian: свеще́на война́ f (svešténa vojná) Chechen: гӏазот (ğazot) Chinese: Mandarin: 宗教戰爭／宗教战争 (zōngjiào zhànzhēng), 聖戰／圣战 (zh) (shèngzhàn) Danish: hellig krig c Dutch: heilige oorlog m Finnish: pyhä sota (fi) French: guerre sainte (fr) f Georgian: ჯიჰადი (ǯihadi), წმინდა ომი (c̣minda omi) German: heiliger Krieg m Greek: ιερός πόλεμος m (ierós pólemos) Hebrew: (jihad) ג'יהאד‎, מלחמת קודש‎ Hungarian: szent háború Indonesian: jihad (id) Italian: guerra santa f Japanese: 聖戦 (ja) (せいせん, seisen) Korean: 성전(聖戰) (seongjeon) Malay: perang suci, perang agama, perang sabil Persian: جهاد‎ (fa) (jahâd) Polish: wojna religijna (pl) f, święta wojna (pl) f Portuguese: guerra sagrada f, guerra santa f Romanian: război sfânt n Russian: свяще́нная война́ f (svjaščénnaja vojná) Spanish: guerra santa f Swedish: heligt krig c Turkish: din savaşı, cihat (tr), kutsal savaş (literal, calque) Tagalog: banal na digmaan Ukrainian: свяще́нна війна́ f (svjaščénna vijná) Yiddish: הייליק מלחמה‎ f (heylik milkhama)

See also

• Crusade

References

• 10 more phrases that signal you're most likely from Utah