Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Holiness

Holiness , noun

[Anglo-Saxon 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
Collocations (1)
His holiness , a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.