holiness

See also: Holiness

English

Alternative forms

(all obsolete) holinesse, holyness, holynesse

Etymology

From Middle English holynesse, holinesse, halinesse, from Old English hāliġnes (“holiness, a holy thing, rites”), equivalent to holy +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

holiness (countable and uncountable, plural holinesses)

The state or condition of being holy.

Synonyms

(state or condition of being holy): sanctity

Derived terms

His Holiness
Their Holinesses
Your Holiness

Translations

state or condition of being holy

Aramaic:
Hebrew: קודשא‎‎ m (qōdshā, qōdsho)

Syriac: ܩܘܕܫܐ‎‎ m (qōdshā, qōdsho)
Bulgarian: святост f (svjatost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尊嚴 (zh), 尊严 (zh) (zūnyán)
Dutch: heiligheid (nl) f
Esperanto: sankteco
Finnish: pyhyys (fi)
French: sainteté (fr) f
German: Heiligkeit f
Greek: αγιότητα (el) f (agiótita), αγιοσύνη (el) f (agiosýni)
Ancient: ἁγιασμός m (hagiasmós)
Ido: santeso (io)
Italian: santità (it) f

Japanese: 尊厳 (ja) (そんげん, songen)
Korean: 존엄 (joneom)
Kurdish: pîrozî (ku) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hellighet m, f

Nynorsk: heilagskap m
Persian: تقدس‎‎ (fa) (taqaddos)
Portuguese: santidade (pt) f
Russian: свя́тость (ru) f (svjátostʹ), свяще́нность (ru) f (svjaščénnostʹ)
Spanish: santidad (es) f
Swedish: helighet (sv) c
Tagalog: kabanalan
Telugu: పవిత్రత (te) (pavitrata)
Turkish: kutsallık (tr)

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