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Webster 1913 Edition

Holiness

Ho′li-ness

,
Noun.
[AS.
hālignes
.]
1.
The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
Who is like thee, glorious in
holiness
!
Ex. xv. 11.
2.
The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness.
Israel was
holiness
unto the Lord.
Jer.ii.3.
Syn. – Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness.

Webster 1828 Edition

Holiness

HO'LINESS

,
Noun.
[from holy.] The state of being holy; purity or integrity of moral character; freedom from sin; sanctity. Applied to the Supreme Being, holiness denotes perfect purity or integrity of moral character, one of his essential attributes.
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness? Ex.15.
1.
Applied to human beings, holiness is purity of heart or dispositions; sanctified affections; piety; moral goodness, but not perfect.
We see piety and holiness ridiculed as morose singularities.
2.
Sacredness; the state of any thing hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; applied to churches or temples.
3.
That which is separated to the service of God.
Israel was holiness unto the Lord. Jer.2.
4.
A title of the pope, and formerly of the Greek emperors.

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