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单词 holiness
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holinessn.

Brit. /ˈhəʊlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈhoʊlinᵻs/
Forms: see holy adj.
Etymology: Old English hálignes , -nys (= Old High German heilagnissa ), < hálig holy adj. and n. + -ness suffix.
1. The quality of being holy; spiritual perfection or purity; sanctity, saintliness; sacredness.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [noun]
halidom971
holiness971
blessedheada1300
holiheada1300
holite14..
sanctitudea1525
sanctimony1583
sanctity1611
spiritualty1618
sacrosanctity1650
odour of sanctityc1684
sacredness1686
hallowedness1828
sacrosanctness1876
sanctifiableness1894
sacrality1958
971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þa þe him þeowiaþ on rihtwisnesse & on halignesse.
c1000 Ags. Ps. xcv[i]. 6 Halignys on halignysse.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 99 Godes gast wissað efre to halignesse.
c1230 Hali Meid. 31 Wið halinesse of heorte.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 331 Þe betere hym were in holynesse to nyme hyr to wyue.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xcv[i]. 6 Helinesses and mikelhed in his helinesse.
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 69 Hir herte is verray chambre of hoolynesse.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 23 Slouthe..makes mane to yrke in prayere or halynes.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eiv By my holynesse, par ma saincteté.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 220 Of Holinesse there be degrees.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. viii. 54 There rise up to view nameless beauties in holiness.
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal ii. 28 Holiness is innocence made perfect.
1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. ii. 49 Holiness consists in the subjection of the whole being..to the authority of conscience.
1896 Daily News 13 Jan. 6/4 One of the most interesting of Mr. Granger's chapters is that in which he explains primitive ‘holiness’ as obedience to the public recognition of the rights of ghosts and gods.
2. With possessive, as a title of the Pope, and formerly of other high ecclesiastical dignitaries.A transl. of Latin sanctitās, given originally to all bishops, then c600 limited to patriarchs, and since the 14th cent. to the Pope. The same title was also given to the Byzantine Emperors, and sometimes to other sovereigns; it was addressed by John of Salisbury to Henry II of England. (See Du Cange.)
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun]
popeeOE
apostoilec1275
vicary1303
vicar1340
bridge maker1341
Antichristc1370
vicar generalc1386
Holy Fatherc1400
servant of the servants of Godc1405
His Holy Fatherhood?a1425
universal bishopc1475
holiness1502
harlot1535
papa1555
Apostolic seat1560
vicegerent1572
man of Rome1581
pontiff1583
bullman1588
apostolicship1599
Pontifex Maximus1610
infallibleship1613
sanctity1633
popeship1641
decretaliarch1656
blessedness1670
Holy seata1674
infallibilityship1679
pontifexa1680
holyshipc1680
unholiness1682
His Infallibility1834
Pape1927
1169 T. Becket Let. to Cdl. Hyacinth in Mat. Hist. Becket (Rolls) VII. 125 Omnes ad sanctitatis vestræ confugiunt pedes.
1170 King Henry II Let. to Pope Alexander in Mat. Hist. Becket (Rolls) VII. 419 Si devotionis meæ, pater, erga sanctitatem vestram experimentum quæritis.]
1502 King Henry VII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 49 The Popes Holynesse hath named certeyn Legats to be sent to all Cristen Princis.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 75 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 I will appele to ye pape..Ffor happin yat his halynace Throw prayer may purchace To reforme my foule face.
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 559 Your holines is heade of all holy churches.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 111 Ill it doth beseeme your holinesse [sc. a Lady Abbess] To separate the husband and the wife. View more context for this quotation
1689 Let. fr. Pope to Pr. Orange in Harl. Misc. (1808) I. 368 Great Prince, Although the semicircle of your Highness be..elevated above the full orb of my Holiness.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 118 With the permission of His Holiness Clement IX.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. iv. 223 ‘I could help you to repay it!’ said his Holiness [sc. Pope Leo].
3.
a. concrete. A holy place, sanctuary; a holy thing, an object of religious devotion. Obsolete.
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society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > [noun]
holinessc897
houseeOE
halidomc1000
ZionOE
God's houseOE
wike-tuna1250
saintuairea1300
sanctuarya1340
holy1382
entry?c1400
the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1400
high placea1425
place of worship?1459
synagogue1490
God-box?1548
shrinea1577
bethela1617
prayer house1657
barn1689
bidental1692
altar1772
praying housea1843
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xv. 93 Inngongende and utgongende beforan Gode to ðam halignessum.
OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) xxxiii. 158 And halignessa syndon to griðlease wide.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 27 Þenne cumeð drihtenes engel and binimeð þa halinesse mid him toward heouene riche.
a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxii[i]. 12 In eritage Goddes halines hagh we. [1526 Tindale Heb. ix. 1 And worldly holynes.]
b. Holy rites; worship, devotion. Obsolete.
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society > faith > worship > [noun]
worthingeOE
bigengOE
worshipOE
knowledgingc1225
praising?c1225
holinessc1275
servicec1275
servingc1275
shrifta1300
anourc1330
worshippinga1333
devotion1340
blessing1382
the calves of our lipsc1384
gloryc1384
magnifyingc1384
worshipfulnessc1390
adoringc1405
divine service1415
adorationc1443
reverencingc1443
praise1447
culture1483
common servicea1500
venerationa1530
thanksgiving1533
cult1613
cultus1617
doxology1649
glorifying1748
feasting1840
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4014 Þer ich wulle halinesse [c1300 Otho holinisse] to mine goden halden.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 912 Brutus & his duȝeðe. makeden halinesse [c1300 Otho holynisse].
4. (Usually with capital initial) to denote any of various religious sects which emphasize sanctification, spiritual purity, and perfectionism, or members, churches, etc., of any of these sects. Originally and chiefly U.S.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [noun] > person > collective
the BrethreneOE
godly1650
holiness1888
1888 California State Gaz. 623/2 Pasadena..contains Methodist, Baptist,..Friends, and Holiness churches.
1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders 271 In our day the same may be said of the Holy Rollers and Holiness People.
1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 185/1 This..was first preached by the Straight Holiness sect in Kansas in the 1890's.
1940 J. B. Holt in Amer. Sociol. Rev. V. 740 (title) Holiness religion: cultural shock and social re~organisation.
1947 J. Wach Sociol. Relig. ii. v. 189 The Methodist and the Holiness movements are especially concerned with ethical perfection.
1957 J. M. Yinger Relig., Soc. & Individual i. x. 282 Any description of religious trends in the United States that did not refer to the strength of the ‘holiness’ sects..would be incomplete.
1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour iv. 33 Many of these sects—the Pentecostal, Holiness, Nazarene churches and others—have increased enormously in proportion to their size during this period [sc. 1926–1953].
1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society i. v. 98 Elim is in no way as extreme as some of the Holiness cults of Tennessee and North Carolina.
1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society i. v. 105 In Britain it began..in such organisations as the Faith Mission, independent Holiness missions,..and among the Plymouth Brethren.
1968 W. Phillips in P. Oliver Screening Blues ii. 63 Now the Holiness people, when they come in, They said, ‘Boy we can make it by livin' above sin.’

Compounds

holiness meeting n. a gathering or meeting for the promotion of holiness (in some religious communities).
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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun]
collect1382
collection1609
synaxis1625
prayer meeting1721
holiness meeting1892
1892 Daily News 21 July 6/4 In the evening a holiness meeting was held.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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