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holiness

noun
/ˈhoʊlinəs/US/ˈhəʊlinəs/UK

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”).

  1. inherited from *hailagnassī✻
  2. inherited from hāliġnes — “holiness, a holy thing, rites”
  3. inherited from holynesse

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being holy.

    • “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.

  2. Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions,…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for holiness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA