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Recent Examples of holiness Even adversaries in the Arab world have never sunk to attacking the holiness of the Western Wall. — Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026 Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 For millions of people, for more than 2,000 years, the advent has represented an opportunity to reflect, to anticipate—to make holiness out of the spiritual equivalent of standing in line, to sit in stillness during the year’s darkest time and know the light is coming. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2025 Here, and in the show’s finale, Lipton nails a very Wilderean combination of bluntness, holiness, and dry humor. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for holiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holiness
Noun
  • That experience connected him with the physicality of the role, but also its spirituality.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The earthy sweatiness of Saturday night is followed immediately by the sacred spirituality of Sunday morning.
    — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Both measures conflict with the Catholic Church's position on the sanctity of life, and Leo spoke out against both on this trip.
    — Chris Livesay, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Americans are increasingly alarmed about the security and sanctity of voting, and growing fears about intimidation efforts at polling places in the midterm elections.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Students were recorded chanting against the morality police and political repression.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This perception of threat, intertwined with a harsh interpretation of religious morality, dominated 17th-century life, with the optimistic, protective and compassionate aspects of Christianity often overpowered by fear and a desire to judge.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Rather, each person was placed here to influence the world for good and make it into a place where goodness, kindness and godliness are abundant.
    — Meir Moscowitz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • For Damien dirtiness brought him closer to godliness, the grime evidence of his graft.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • As Nicole refuses the role she’s been taught to play, her mother is forced to confront the cost of building a life around a man who demands devotion but can’t offer safety.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This is the main thrust of Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — when the rightful aim of that threefold devotion is gone, what fills the void?
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
    — Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • If this devoutness doesn’t come easy to him, that’s the point, conveyed with surprising humor and accumulating force.
    — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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“Holiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holiness. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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