Definition of HOLINESS. Meaning of HOLINESS. Synonyms of HOLINESS

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Definition of HOLINESS

Holiness
Holiness Ho"li*ness, n. [AS. h[=a]lignes.] 1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! --Ex. xv. 11. 2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness. Israel was holiness unto the Lord. --Jer.ii.3. His holiness, a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors. Syn: Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness.

Meaning of HOLINESS from wikipedia

- Encyclopædia Britannica article "Holy". Wikiquote has quotations related to Holiness. Although the terms sacred and holy are similar in meaning, and they are...
- describe their movement. Holiness Pentecostalism emerged in the early 20th century among adherents of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, who were energized...
- The Holiness movement is a Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism, and to a lesser extent influenced other traditions such...
- Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism during the late 19th century. The denomination...
- The title His Holiness (and the ****ociated form of address Your Holiness) is an official title or style referring to the pope in the Catholic Church; this...
- International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) or simply Pentecostal Holiness Church (PHC) is an international Holiness-Pentecostal Christian denomination...
- The Holiness code is used in biblical criticism to refer to Leviticus chapters 17–26, and sometimes p****ages in other books of the Pentateuch, especially...
- (when they are inside their territorial jurisdictions) are styled "His All-Holiness". The patriarchs of Alexandria, Antiochia and Jerusalem, as well as the...
- means Ocean of Wisdom, is part of the full title "圣 识一切 瓦齐尔达喇 达赖 喇嘛" (Holiness Knowing Everything Vajradhara Dalai Lama) given by Altan Khan, the first...
- commonly used are "His Holiness" (either used alone or as an honorific prefix as in "His Holiness Pope Francis"; and as "Your Holiness" as a form of address)...