holiness
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holiness¹
- /ˈhoʊlinəs/ US
- /ˈhəʊlinəs/ UK
Where it comes from
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”).
noun holinesses · holinesse · holyness · holynesse
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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.
Similar: sacrality, sacredness, sanctity
Holiness²
noun Holinesses
- Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions, notably the pope. Your Holiness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sanctity, pentecostal, holy, sacredness, blessing, lordship, seigneury, saintliness, hallowedness, sacrosanctity, blessedness, piety, spirituality, devoutness, consecration, virtue
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noun state or condition of being holy
| Español | santidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 존엄 joneom |
| 日本語 | 尊厳 songen |
| 中文 | 尊嚴 /尊严 zūnyán |
| Kiswahili | utakatifu |
| Português | santidade |
| Français | sainteté |
| Deutsch | Heiligkeit |
| Italiano | santità |
| Ελληνικά | αγιότητα agiótita, αγιοσύνη agiosýni |
| Русский | свя́тость svjátostʹ, свяще́нность svjaščénnostʹ |
| العربية | قُدْسِيَّة qudsiyya |
noun used to address the pope
| 日本語 | 台下 daika |
|---|---|
| Português | Santidade |
| Français | sainteté |
| Deutsch | Heiligkeit |
| Italiano | Santità |
| Русский | святе́йшество svjatéjšestvo |
Talk about this word "holiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/holiness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. holiness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/holiness "holiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/holiness.Cite this
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title = {holiness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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