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holiness

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

1ho·li·ness

noun \ˈhō-lē-nəs\

Definition of HOLINESS

1
: the quality or state of being holy —used as a title for various high religious dignitaries <His Holiness the Pope>

Examples of HOLINESS

  1. the holiness of this sacred place
  2. <known throughout the world for his holiness, the prophet was visited daily by hundreds of pilgrims>

First Known Use of HOLINESS

before 12th century

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

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