We only had an entry for plain water.

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@@ -1678,6 +1678,29 @@ hobgoblin
        The ninety-nine years is nearly up, so trouble may soon be
        heard of on the road between Hurworth and Neasham.
                [ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
+holy water
+       "We want a word with you," said Ligur (in a tone of voice
+       intended to imply that "word" was synonymous with "horrifically
+       painful eternity"), and the squat demon pushed open the office
+       door.
+       The bucket teetered, then fell neatly on Ligur's head.
+       Drop a lump of sodium in water.  Watch it flame and burn and
+       spin around crazily, flaring and sputtering.  This was like
+       that, just nastier.
+       The demon peeled and flared and flickered.  Oily brown smoke
+       oozed from it, and it screamed and it screamed and it screamed.
+       Then it crumpled, folded in on itself, and what was left lay
+       glistening on the burnt and blackened circle of carpet, looking
+       like a handful of mashed slugs.
+       "Hi," said Crowley to Hastur, who had been walking behind Ligur,
+       and had unfortunately not been so much as splashed.
+       There are some things that are unthinkable; there are some
+       depths that not even demons would believe other demons would
+       stoop to.
+       ". . . Holy water.  You bastard," said Hastur.  "You complete
+       _bastard_.  He hadn't never done nothing to _you_."
+       "Yet," corrected Crowley.
+               [ Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett ]
 hom*nculus
        A homunculus is a creature summoned by a mage to perform some
        particular task.  They are particularly good at spying.  They