Holiness en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
fr sainteté (used to address the pope) · it Santità (used to address the pope) · is Heilagleiki (used to address the pope) · ru святе́йшество (used to address the pope) · ja 台下 (used to address the pope) · pt Santidade (used to address the pope) · de Heiligkeit (used to address the pope)