Holy oil may refer to:
- Holy anointing oil, a perfume used to anoint the vessels of the Jewish Tabernacle
- Holy Oil (Christianity), a consecrated oil used in the administration of certain sacraments and ecclesiastical functions
- Holy Oil of Aspiration, a ceremonial magical oil blended from aromatic plant materials
- Holy oil from pilgrimage sites, see Monza ampullae
Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or oil:
“All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.”
—Anthony Burgess (b. 1917)
“Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)