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[ hoh-lee-nis ] / ˈhoʊ li nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR holiness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being holy; sanctity. (initial capital letter) a title of the pope, formerly used also of other high ecclesiastics (usually preceded by His or Your). Origin of holinessbefore 900; Middle English holynesse,Old English hālignes.See holy, -ness SYNONYMS FOR holiness1 blessedness, godliness, saintliness. SEE SYNONYMS FOR holiness ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM holinessself-ho·li·ness, nounWords nearby holinessholidayer, holidaymaker, holiday season, holier-than-thou, holily, holiness, Holinshed, holism, holistic, holistically, holistic medicine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for holinessNonetheless, that “inward sweetness” awakened the future preacher to a rather uncommon youthful aptitude for holiness. The Hellish Sermons of Jonathan Edwards, Malign Evangelist|Matthew Paul Turner|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST I went to Dharamsala and met His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] there. Pierce Brosnan’s Life After Bond: From Action Hero to Losing His Daughter to Cancer|Tim Teeman|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST “His Holiness and the Vatican have been clear about a range of issues,” Obama said after the meeting. Their Cordial Meeting Proves the Common Bonds of Obama and Pope Francis|Joshua DuBois|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Your Holiness, Mr. Loeb covered a lot of territory,” Brooks said, turning to the Dalai Lama for his response. At American Enterprise Institute, NeoCons Say ‘Hello, Dalai’|Eleanor Clift|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The idea of "proximity to holiness" concedes to Orthodoxy the very game at which liberals lose by default. Women: Talk To The Wall|Bernard Avishai|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Doesn't this urge you to pity, so that you will beg His Holiness for pardon, beg him to receive us? Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello They lived beyond the years of women,—but their lives were spent in acts of holiness, apart from grandeur's train. The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3)|James Hogg All goodness or holiness is some one's goodness or holiness (as health is). A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter The new life cannot grow and break forth in resurrection power, cannot bring forth fruit, but as it grows in holiness. Holy in Christ|Andrew Murray They come because holiness in the godly and sin in the world have come into collision. A Lamp to the Path|W. K. Tweedie
British Dictionary definitions for holiness (1 of 2)
nounthe state or quality of being holy British Dictionary definitions for holiness (2 of 2)
noun(preceded by his or your) a title once given to all bishops, but now reserved for the pope Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to holinesssanctity, righteousness, purity, humility, devoutness, faith, religiosity, divinity, piety, virtuousness, blessedness, beatitude, godliness, consecration, sacredness, reverence, unction, worship, grace, devotion |