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De - Pt| English Dictionary: His Holiness | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Holiness \Ho"li*ness\, n. [AS. h[amac]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. | |
