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Recent Examples of holiness This was during a semi-private audience with his holiness at Castello Gandolfo, il papa’s summer residence. Chris Wallace, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025 White is generally associated with purity and holiness. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025 Historians said these denarii are particularly interesting because of their role in spreading the emperor’s propaganda message of his holiness and connection to the church, according to the museum. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025 And as my character says, ambition is the moth of holiness. Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for holiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holiness
Noun
  • Mental well-being Newberg at FAU has studied spirituality and its link to brain health.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Piper, played by Sarah Catherine Hook, tricked her parents and brothers in traveling to Thailand for her college thesis, while actually planning to move there for a year after graduation, to expand upon her spirituality and study Buddhism from local monks.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Apple has long been a vocal proponent of the sanctity of its users’ personal data.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • If expressed with love for the sanctity of all life, even within disagreements, a wiser choice may be to navigate us toward constructive routes to peace and understanding.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Approval from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, much like the morality police, requires artists to master abstraction, ensuring their work remains powerful yet permissible.
    Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
  • An anti-Disney morality tale seeks modern morality.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The first 20 years of my career were at Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH), and my devotion was to the practice of medicine, caring for the critically ill and provide lifesaving opportunity to those in need of cardiac transplantation.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • But Frank's loyalty to the fans bred a reciprocal devotion that could turn dark.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Holiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holiness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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