"highness" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1672, George Swinnock, The Incomparableness of God",
          "text": "'It is as high as heaven, what canst thou do?' It is as the highnesses of heaven: take all the heights and elevations, all the spheres and altitudes of heaven, and try if thou canst reach them with thy short arm; yea, climb up the highest storeys, the loftiest pinnacles, […]",
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        "The state of being high."
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          "sense": "state of being high",
          "word": "korkeus"
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          "sense": "state of being high",
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          "word": "celsitudo"
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          "sense": "state of being high",
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      "sense": "state of being high",
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