holiness
the 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 holiness
1Other words for holiness
Other words from holiness
- self-ho·li·ness, noun
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How to use holiness in a sentence
There was much laughter, which she describes as “carbonated holiness.”
Anne Lamott’s Advice Could Stop You From Drowning in Cynicism | Susanna Schrobsdorff | September 23, 2021 | TimeThe portrait of His holiness that until recently adorned the main prayer hall at the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery has been removed.
How Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese, from Xinjiang to Inner Mongolia | CHARLIE CAMPBELL/SHANGHAI | July 12, 2021 | TimeWe applaud the parents who are putting in the enormous effort necessary to properly form their kids’ consciences in a culture that has become so hostile to holiness.
Self-proclaimed ‘Christian’ entrepreneur offers filter to stop LGBTQ cult | Staff reports | June 4, 2021 | Washington BladeNonetheless, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTLater, Edwards noted that many of his youngest members “clearly exemplified” what he called the universal holiness of life.
The Hellish Sermons of Jonathan Edwards, Malign Evangelist | Matthew Paul Turner | August 24, 2014 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe men are being made saints because of their obvious holiness, and because they are both responsible for medical miracles.
Popes, Saints, Miracles, Weird Relics and Odd Omens Converge on Rome | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 26, 2014 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThey burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousTo me the national affectation of piety and holiness resembles a white shirt put on over a dirty skin.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHis envoys had proposed to refer the knotty point to the decision of His holiness; but 'this they absolutely declined.'
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonDignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensWhat have we to do with such dreamy, self-centred, emotional holiness, here and now in London?
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for holiness (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhəʊlɪnɪs) /
the state or quality of being holy
British Dictionary definitions for Holiness (2 of 2)
/ (ˈhəʊlɪnɪs) /
(preceded by his or your) a title once given to all bishops, but now reserved for the pope
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