Definition of "holiness" []

• The state or quality of being holy; sanctity. (noun)
• Roman Catholic Church Used with His or Your as a title and form of address for a pope. (noun)

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• "Or as holiness, so far as it is embodied in law, must be the highest moral perfection, we may say, "_holiness is the purity of God manifesting itself in atonement and redemption, and correspondingly in judgment_.""
• "This is true of matter, but yet more true of that life, superior to all others, which we call holiness; it was in prayer that Francis found the spiritual strength which he needed; he therefore sought for silence and solitude."
• "Probably no one will deny that in Christian countries this higher-toned goodness, which we call holiness, has existed."