holiness
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈhoʊlɪnəs/
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santidad
- We try to become attuned to holiness in time.
- a life of holiness
- the holiness of God
- personal holiness
He brings up religion, piety and holiness, which he had invoked earlier.
- He brings up religion, piety and holiness, which he had invoked earlier.
- You spirits, you souls, you depths, you justice, you holiness, you humble heart, make this song holy.
- And so holiness is about connection to and purity is about separation from.
- And so it's the holiness of people around them that shows them the ground of, of ultimate meaning and truth.
- I thought there was a kind of holiness about this, that the glamour of it, I think entraps a lot, a lot of people.
- They also practice a form of aesthetic holiness, shunning flamboyant dress and alcohol, practicing foot washing, and speaking in tongues.
- And I am so far from that holiness that to to say that I'm really very much superior to a murderer.
Examples
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Do you have no sense of her holiness?
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And so it's the holiness of people around them that shows them the ground of, of ultimate meaning and truth.
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How could holiness exist if your wife can be taken away from you and your children?
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I tried to make words, then to explain the holiness of that fall.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sound of prayer and song, the holiness of the people mixed with their love.
Fiction book (2001) -
Your own life on earth is a mixture of good and bad, holiness and corruption, light and darkness.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sometimes, holiness can be found outside its visible confines to a much greater degree.
Academic text (2011) -
"The sense of the holiness of life" is not compatible with an exploitative economy.
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And I'd like to remember it as a passionate poet who kept what John Keats calls the holiness of the hearts affections.
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The community gathered to celebrate the holiness of their traditions and values.
Synonyms
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7.2
Being holy or sacred and treated with great respect
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5.8
A quality that makes people treat something with deep religious respect
A state of being holy or sacred
Being holy or very important in a religion
Antonyms
How Holy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word holiness comes from an old English idea of being 'whole' or 'complete' and is the same root as the familiar word whole. So holiness suggests spiritual 'wholeness' or purity, which is why it means being sacred or set apart.