holiness Definition
ho·li·ness (hō′lē nis)
noun
- the quality or state of being holy
- a title of the pope (with His or Your)
Etymology: ME holinesse < OE halignesse
holiness Synonyms
holiness
n.
Piety
devoutness, humility, asceticism, saintliness, righteousness, godliness, beatitude, religiosity, blessedness, grace, reverence, faith, religiousness; see also devotion, worship 1.Antonyms
evil*, impiety*, wickedness. * Sanctity
sanctification, venerableness, sacredness, unction, inviolability, divine protection; see also consecration.
Holiness Synonyms
holiness Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- life: Yet God calls us to holiness of life in the home.
- heart: Hundreds in the town and circuit began to pray for holiness of heart; and many professed also to obtain it.
- living: On the judgment day holiness of living is the one thing that will be evidence of faith.
- truth: I cite the words again, The new man " is created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Converse of object
- attain: She is one of our own who attained great holiness.
- pursue: They have a longing to know God, to follow God, to pursue holiness.
- seek: Take Christ in the first place, and then seek holiness from Him.
- achieve: Most simply bear the title of the place in which they achieved holiness.
- understand: But until we understand the serious, holiness of God, our worship will always be false.
- promote: The spiritual help offered by the Priestly Society is directed toward promoting holiness in its members through the fulfillment of their priestly duties.
Adjective modifier
- scriptural: But we still claim that Methodism was raised up by God to spread scriptural holiness throughout the land.
- infinite: But He's not just the God of infinite holiness and justice; He's a God of amazing love.
- divine: His affections are there indeed, but they must only move now in the circle of divine holiness, of which gold speaks.
- true: What you see in Job is self-interest, not true holiness.
- perfect: He is wise and good and acts in perfect holiness and you're blinded by anger.
- personal: He is calling us to a closer walk with Him resulting in personal holiness.
Modifies a noun
- movement: After George came to the USA he was involved with the Pilgrim Holiness movement in Ohio.
- cannot: And our problem is this: God, in the perfection of his holiness cannot and will not tolerate such sin.
Preposition: by
resurrection: He was declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead.

