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Holy Joe   /hˈoʊli dʒoʊ/   Listen
Holy Joe

noun
1.
A chaplain in one of the military services.  Synonyms: military chaplain, padre, sky pilot.






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"Holy joe" Quotes from Famous Books



... many. They left Chatsea on a Saturday morning travelling up to town in a third class smoker full of bluejackets and soldiers on leave. None of them happened to know the Missioner, and for a time they talked surlily in undertones, evidently viewing with distaste the prospect of having a Holy Joe in their compartment all the way to London; but when Father Rowley pulled out his pipe, for always when he was away from St. Agnes' he allowed himself the privilege of smoking, and began to talk to them about their ships and their regiments with unquestionable ...
— The Altar Steps • Compton MacKenzie



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