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Definition of Holiness
1. Noun. The quality of being holy.
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Sacredness
Attributes: Holy, Unhallowed, Unholy
Derivative terms: Holy
Antonyms: Unholiness
Definition of Holiness
1. n. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
Definition of Holiness
1. Noun. (countable) Used in connection with ''his His'' or ''your Your'' to address to the pope. ¹
2. Noun. The state or condition of being holy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Holiness
1. the state of being holy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holiness
Literary usage of Holiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The word used in the Hebrew of the Old Testament for " holiness " is ... Yet it
is to be remembered that holiness in the Old Testament is not necessarily ..."
2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"I shewed to his Holiness your Grace's Faith and observance, his Holiness doth
best know ; most humbly besought his Holiness to believe these undoubtedly to ..."
3. New Testament Illustrations: Comprising Choice Selections, Anecdotes by William Basil Jones (1875)
"Holiness. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall
... Holiness in its nature, then, is the conformity of the whole man to the ..."
4. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1829)
"This moral excellency, when it is true and real, is holiness. Therefore holiness
comprehends all the true moral excellency of intelligent beings: there is ..."
5. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"This moral" excellency, when it is true and real, is holiness. Therefore holiness
comprehends all the true moral excellency of intelligent beings: there is ..."
6. The Practical Works by David Clarkson (1865)
"They may have some love to holiness and the ways of God. Holiness is an observance
of the law of God, for this is the rule of holiness. ..."
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