holiness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈhoʊlinəs/ (General-American)
- /ˈhəʊlinəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| holynesse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| holinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| holyness | alternative | lexicographic | |
| holinesse | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Their Holinesses · Your Holiness · His Holiness · holiness movement
Synonyms
sacrality · sanctity · sacredness
Translations (44)
sv helighet (state or condition of being holy) · az qüdsiyyət (state or condition of being holy) · id kekeramatan (state or condition of being holy) · az müqəddəslik (state or condition of being holy) · cs svatost (state or condition of being holy) · el αγιοσύνη (state or condition of being holy) · cmn 尊嚴 /尊严 (state or condition of being holy) · te పవిత్రత (state or condition of being holy) · arc ܩܘܕܫܐ (state or condition of being holy) · nb hellighet (state or condition of being holy) · fi pyhyys (state or condition of being holy) · pt santidade (state or condition of being holy) · ca santedat (state or condition of being holy) · id kekudusan (state or condition of being holy) · grc ὁσιότης (state or condition of being holy) · grc ἁγιασμός (state or condition of being holy) · es santidad (state or condition of being holy) · cy sancteiddrwydd (state or condition of being holy) · got 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (state or condition of being holy) · ru свяще́нность (state or condition of being holy) · de Heiligkeit (state or condition of being holy) · ko 존엄 (state or condition of being holy) · grc ἁγιωσύνη (state or condition of being holy) · kmr pîrozî (state or condition of being holy) · fr sainteté (state or condition of being holy) · ru свя́тость (state or condition of being holy) · ta தூய்மை (state or condition of being holy) · arc קודשא (state or condition of being holy) · bg святост (state or condition of being holy) · tr kutsallık (state or condition of being holy) · nn heilagskap (state or condition of being holy) · sw utakatifu (state or condition of being holy) · el αγιότητα (state or condition of being holy) · eo sankteco (state or condition of being holy) · id kesucian (state or condition of being holy) · pl świętość (state or condition of being holy) · io santeso (state or condition of being holy) · fa تقدس (state or condition of being holy) · ja 尊厳 (state or condition of being holy) · nl heiligheid (state or condition of being holy) · it santità (state or condition of being holy) · ar قُدْسِيَّة (state or condition of being holy) · tl kabanalan (state or condition of being holy) · ta பரிசுத்தம் (state or condition of being holy)