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Holiness

//ˈhoʊlinəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being holy. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions, notably the pope. countable

    "Your Holiness"

  3. 3
    the quality of being holy wordnet

Etymology

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”).

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