Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- -ngcwele
- Transliteration
- ngcwele
- Rejected alternatives
- -hlanzekile (ritually clean, reserve for physical/ceremonial cleanliness only)
Holy
-ngcwele is the established, well-recognized Christian term for holy/sacred. -hlanzekile (ritually clean) must be kept distinct, since Zulu traditional religion has its own purification rites (ukuhlanjwa, ritual cleansing, particularly after contact with death) that describe an external ritual state rather than the moral holiness Romans describes.