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# holiness

«holiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of being holy, very good and connected with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#m1)

2) «His Holiness» — a polite title for some religious leaders, such as the Pope or the Dalai Lama. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x1)
- Saints are remembered for their holiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x2)
- His Holiness the Pope waved to the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x3)
- The Dalai Lama is called His Holiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x4)
- Many people feel the holiness of the old church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x5)
- The monks lived lives of quiet holiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.422/)
- [God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.983/)
- [The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1108/)
- [They see Thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, in holiness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1115/)
- [O God, Thy way is in holiness; who is a great god like unto God?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1319/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «holiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.