Holiness synonyms

hō'lē-nĭs

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sanctity
Sanctity is the holiness or sacred state of something important.
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grace
(Theol.) The unmerited love and favor of God toward human beings
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religiosity
Excessive or affected piety.
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faith
A religious belief system.
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godliness
The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teaching's of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.
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salvation (related)
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beatitude
Used as a title and form of address for a patriarch in the Armenian Church or a metropolitan in the Russian Orthodox Church:
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righteousness
The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
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unction
The act of anointing, as in medical treatment or a religious ceremony
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sacrosanctity
The quality of being sacrosanct.
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vicar-of-christ
(Roman Catholicism) A Pope.
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sin (antonym)
(Theology) Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
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blasphemy (antonym)
The act of reviling, ridiculing, or being disrespectful or irreverent of, by words or conduct, God, religion, a religious doctrine, a religious icon, or anything considered sacred. A crime under the common law if the blasphemy was directed towards Christianity or Christian doctrine and icons and is still a statutory crime (although rarely enforced) in many states.
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profaneness (antonym)
The quality of being profane; profanity.
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devotion (related)
Piety; devoutness
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devoutness
The state or quality of being devout.
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humility
The quality or condition of being humble.
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asceticism
The definition of asceticism is a practice in which one gets rid of worldly pleasures and focuses on thinking, particularly for religious or spiritual purposes.
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saintliness
The distinguishing property possessed by someone who is considered to be saintly.
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blessedness
The state or condition of being blessed, holy.
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reverence
A feeling or attitude of deep respect, love, and awe, as for something sacred; veneration
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faithfulness (related)
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sanctification (related)
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repentance (related)
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piety (related)
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christ (related)
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obedience (related)
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jesus-christ (related)
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love-of-god (related)
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divine (related)
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virtue (related)
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consecration
A ceremony for this
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sacredness
The property of being sacred.
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unholiness (antonym)
The state of being unholy.
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wickedness (antonym)
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
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divine protection
Sanctity
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head of the Roman Catholic church
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bishop-of-rome
An honorific title of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
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evil (antonym)
An evil force, power, or personification.
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impiety (antonym)
The quality or state of being impious.
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worship (related)
An object of worship.
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pope (related)
(Eastern Christianity) The Bishop or Patriarch of Alexandria.
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sanctuary
The consecrated (sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
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atheism (antonym)
(Loosely, uncommon) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
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religion (related)
The life or condition of a person in a religious order:
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religiousness
The quality of being religious; religiosity
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venerableness
The condition of being venerable
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inviolability
The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
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divinity
(Uncountable) The property of being divine, of being like a god or God.
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agnosticism (antonym)
The doctrine of agnostics
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Holiness Sentence Examples

  • "to spread Scriptural holiness over the land."

  • Your Holiness (he wrote) is sovereign of Rome, but I am its emperor; and he threatened to annul the presumed donation of Rome by Charlemagne, unless the pope yielded implicit obedience to him in all temporal affairs.

  • Mirandola so convinced Pope Sixtus of the paramount importance of the Kabbalah as an auxiliary to Christianity that his holiness exerted himself to have Kabbalistic writings translated into Latin for the use of divinity students.

  • In the Deuteronomist the Passover sacrifice can be from either flock or herd, whereas in the Holiness Code only lamb is mentioned, and in the Priestly Code either kid or lamb.

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