| DAYOFATONEMENT | Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year (3,2,9) |
| YOMKIPPUR | The holiest day of the year in Judaism, also called the Day of Atonement (3,6) |
| AWE | Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur - "The Days of ***" (3) |
| SEDER | First day of the Jewish passover |
| SHEBAT | Fifth month of the Jewish year |
| AB | Eleventh month of the Jewish year |
| TISHRI | First month of the Jewish year (6) |
| ELUL | Last month of the Jewish year (4) |
| ADARSHENI | Extra month of the Jewish year occurring about every three years (4,5) |
| NISAN | First ecclesiastical and seventh civil month of the Jewish year, formerly called Abib (5) |
| IISAN | Eighth civil and second religious month of the Jewish year, usually falling within April and May (5) |
| RAMADAN | The month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith. (7) |
| SANCTUARY | A sacred place such as a shrine or temple; the holiest part of a church, also called the chancel; a place of refuge; or, a nature reserve (9) |
| KAABA | Cube-shaped building in Mecca; one of the holiest places of Islam (5) |
| MECCA | The holiest city in the religion of Islam (5) |
| SECONDADAM | A description of Christ used by John Newman in Praise to the Holiest in the Height |
| STARCH | Even in the holiest Archbishop there's part of a potato |
| PEPPERPOT | The holiest of sprinklers? (6,3) |
| ISLAM | Mecca is considered the holiest city in this religion (5) |
| OSCARS | Tinseltown's holiest-of-holies... only the preserve of the stars. (6) |
