as in spirituality
the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous
known throughout the world for his holiness, the prophet was visited daily by hundreds of pilgrims
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Recent Examples of holiness
Here, and in the show’s finale, Lipton nails a very Wilderean combination of bluntness, holiness, and dry humor.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness.
—Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
True holiness can come from deep friendship.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
All is infinite Truth and its infinite manifestation of holiness and clarity.
—Susan Jostyn, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness.
—Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
True holiness can come from deep friendship.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
All is infinite Truth and its infinite manifestation of holiness and clarity.
—Susan Jostyn, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for holiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holiness
Noun
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Individuals with Neptune in Pisces are often deeply empathetic and imaginative, dreaming through art, spirituality and the emotional tides of humanity.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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But the practicing Buddhist also finds the relationship between spirituality and AI to be fraught.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The question of women’s participation is framed not as administrative policy, but as a threat to the sanctity of Torah itself, as though women seeking to be tested on halacha must first overcome a presumption of unworthiness.—
Rabba Sara Hurwitz,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Like with soccer, playing dirty only undermines the sanctity of the game.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Freed from all the entanglements that come with having to launch a ground invasion, air war can overfly not just morality and law but arguments, rationales, the calibration of risks to rewards and of suffering to satisfaction.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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This split makes reason, self-knowledge and morality possible.—
Ross Channing Reed,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At its core, this transit is a reminder that clarity is power and in Virgo’s world, cleanliness really is next to godliness.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Cowliness is next to godliness.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2025
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Rural, poor voters eagerly support candidates who flaunt their devotion to big-city business interests such as utilities or real estate developers.—
Steve Bousquet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Team devotion may not be sensible.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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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
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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 17 Apr. 2026.
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