holiness
Syllables: ho·li·nessUK/ˈhəʊlinəs//ˈhoʊlinəs/
holiness noun: the state or condition of being holy.
Noun (1)
holiness (countable and uncountable, plural holinesses)
- The state or condition of being holy.
- R. Moskowitz charges cisgender readers to be as conscious and deliberate with our religious identities as transgender and gender non-conforming people are with theirs, arguing that holiness is only achieved through continuous and unrelenting struggle and change.2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun
- “Through the Sacraments, God shares his holiness with us so that we, in turn, can make the world holier,” the conference says on its website.2022 February 14, Chuck Johnston and Steve Almasy, “A pastor baptized people for decades using one wrong word. Now those are all considered invalid”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- sacrality, sacredness, sanctity
Noun (2) capitalized: Holiness
Holiness (plural Holinesses)
- Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions, notably the pope.
- Your Holiness
- Currently he is a firm pillar that is supporting the Tibetan diaspora, holding them all together—but I worry about what will happen to Tibetans when His Holiness leaves his current body.2021, The Extraordinary Life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illuminated Journey, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 47
holiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
holiness in Hindi
- holiness, sacredness
- पवित्रता pavitratā
holiness in Tamil
- state or condition of being holy
- தூய்மை tūymai, பரிசுத்தம் paricuttam
holiness in Marathi
- holiness, sanctity
- पवित्रता pavitratā
holiness in Urdu
- مقدس پن, پرسائی
More languagesFewer languages
- holiness in Telugu
- పవిత్రత pavitrata
- holiness in Malayalam
- വിശുദ്ധി, തിരുമനസ്സ്, പാവനത്വം
- holiness in Kannada
- ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ, ಪಾವಿತ್ರ್ಯ
- holiness in Punjabi
- تصوف tasavvuf
- holiness in Tagalog
- kabanalan
- holiness in Arabic
- قُدْسِيَّة qudsiyya
- holiness in Indonesian
- kesucian, kekudusan, kekeramatan
- holiness in Persian
- تقدس taqaddos
Examples of holiness in a sentence
- Holiness Today is a Nazarene magazine.
- When we reduce God's awesome holiness to chummy buddyness, the life of our neighbors also loses importance.
- The biblical text is read typologically through the grid of holiness theology, ignoring historico-grammatical considerations.
Synonyms of holiness
Forms of holiness
| plural | holinesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | holinesse |
| alternative form | holyness |
| alternative form | holynesse |
| plural | Holinesses |
Origin of holiness
From Middle English holynesse, holinesse, halinesse, from Old English hāliġnes (“holiness, a holy thing, rites”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailagnassī, equivalent to holy + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian hilligens (“holiness”), Old High German heilagnissi, heilīgnissi (“holiness”), whence Middle High German heilignis (“halidom”).
Words formed from holiness
Phrases with holiness
Questions about holiness
- What does holiness mean?
- Holiness means the state or condition of being holy.
- What is holiness in Hindi?
- Holiness in Hindi is पवित्रता (pavitratā). See Holiness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is holiness?
- Holiness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce holiness?
- Holiness is pronounced /ˈhoʊlinəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of holiness?
- The plural of holiness is holinesses.
Words near holiness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: holiness (page history and authors); Holiness (page history and authors); पवित्रता (Hindi) (page history and authors); पवित्रता (Marathi) (page history and authors); holiness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holiness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holiness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تصوف (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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