as in spirituality
the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous
known throughout the world for his holiness, the prophet was visited daily by hundreds of pilgrims
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Recent Examples of holiness
For millions of people, for more than 2,000 years, the advent has represented an opportunity to reflect, to anticipate—to make holiness out of the spiritual equivalent of standing in line, to sit in stillness during the year’s darkest time and know the light is coming.
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Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
18 Nov. 2025
Here, and in the show’s finale, Lipton nails a very Wilderean combination of bluntness, holiness, and dry humor.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness.
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Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
True holiness can come from deep friendship.
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Jason Derose,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
18 Nov. 2025
Here, and in the show’s finale, Lipton nails a very Wilderean combination of bluntness, holiness, and dry humor.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness.
—
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
True holiness can come from deep friendship.
—
Jason Derose,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for holiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holiness
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Some critics on social media counter that the gatherings risk turning spirituality into spectacle, performance and commodity all at once.
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His opponents in an Indigenous game of guessing, strategy and spirituality pointed to the left.
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Safety The sanctity of human life remains the master priority.
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This fear of collective consciousness is that which drives the straight path and its state and federal architects to do everything in their power to pave over the work and sanctity of ethnic studies.
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The 22-year-old died after being detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory hijab rules, The National reported.
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Marjane depicts our terrifying teachers, the violent morality police and our collective and perpetual fear that we might be caught, hurt, arrested, killed.
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On both sides of the war for Gilead, usefulness is next to godliness.
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At its core, this transit is a reminder that clarity is power and in Virgo’s world, cleanliness really is next to godliness.
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To his supporters, Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the steadfast, fearless leader who transcended mere politics and inspired devotion.
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What makes these behaviors especially dangerous is that they’re often disguised as concern or devotion.
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In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
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If this devoutness doesn’t come easy to him, that’s the point, conveyed with surprising humor and accumulating force.
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“Holiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holiness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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