holiness
part of speech
noun (holiness, uncountable); title (His Holiness, Your Holiness)
meaning for a pupil
1) The quality of being holy, very good and connected with God or a religion. tree →
2) «His Holiness» — a polite title for some religious leaders, such as the Pope or the Dalai Lama. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in religious education lessons and stories about saints, temples and holy places. As a title it is used in the news: «His Holiness the Pope visited the city.» It tells the reader that something or someone is treated with deep religious respect.
examples
- The temple was a place of great holiness. tree →
- Saints are remembered for their holiness. tree →
- His Holiness the Pope waved to the crowd. tree →
- The Dalai Lama is called His Holiness. tree →
- Many people feel the holiness of the old church. tree →
- The monks lived lives of quiet holiness. tree →
- The pupils set off at once, wondering at the strangeness of their errand, and still more at the holiness of the jogi to whom such secrets were revealed. tree →
note
Uncountable (no plural) except in the title. Titles take capital letters: His Holiness, Your Holiness. From «holy» + «-ness»; holy changes y to i. Do not confuse with «wholeness» (being whole) or «holeyness» (full of holes — a joke word).
In the corpora
- Ascribe unto the LORD the glory due unto His name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
- God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
- The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.
- They see Thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, in holiness.
- O God, Thy way is in holiness; who is a great god like unto God?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «holiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.