Bible Dictionaries
Holding

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.

(2):

(n.) That which holds, binds, or influences.

(3):

(n.) The burden or chorus of a song.

(4):

(n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.

(5):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hold

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Holding'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/holding.html. 1828.