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

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)
Czech: svatost f
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), ὁσιότης f (hosiótēs)
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 or 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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