holynesses
See also: Holynesses
English
Noun
holynesses
- plural of holynesse
- 1540, Richard Taverber, Edward Cardwemm, editor, On the Epistles and Gospels, published 1841:
- I call Antichriste whosoeuer teacheth other deuotions and holynesses, then Christ dyd ordeyne.
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- plural of holyness
Usage notes
- Also often used as possessive in Early Modern English before the acceptance of the apostrophe.
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