Holyrood

English

Alternative forms

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

  1. An area in Edinburgh, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
  2. (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.
  3. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  4. (Christianity) Alternative form of Holy Rood: the True Cross of Jesus.
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