"Holiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Holinesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Holiness (plural Holinesses)
  1. (countable) Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions, notably the pope. Tags: countable Translations (used to address the pope): sainteté [feminine] (French), Heiligkeit [feminine] (German), Heilagleiki [masculine] (Icelandic), Santità [feminine] (Italian), 台下 (daika) (alt: だいか) (Japanese), Santidade [feminine] (Portuguese), святе́йшество (svjatéjšestvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Holiness-en-noun-qHwNaZv9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

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