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Holy Office

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Holy Office

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An English calque of Medieval Latin Sanctum Officium.

proper noun the Holy Office

  1. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
  2. historical The Inquisition.

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"Holy Office." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/holy%20office. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Holy Office. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/holy%20office

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"Holy Office." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/holy%20office.

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@misc{holy_office_2026,
  title = {Holy Office},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/holy%20office},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}