holiness
31holiness church — noun see holiness body * * * Holiness church, one of a group of American Protestant sects deriving from the early Methodist church, that emphasize the dorine of Christian perfection in faith and works …
32Holiness, Code of — ▪ biblical regulations collection of secular, ritualistic, moral, and festival regulations in the Old Testament Book of Leviticus, chapters 17–26. The code stresses that the people of Israel are separated from the rest of the world because… …
33HOLINESS MOVEMENT — any religious movement within CHRISTIANITY which seeks to promote personal HOLINESS. Such movements became particularly important in the late nineteenth century and contributed to the growth of both EVANGELICAL and FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIANITY …
34holiness of the Sabbath — sanctity of the Sabbath day. holiness of the religious day of rest …
35holiness — /hoh lee nis/, n. 1. the quality or state of being holy; sanctity. 2. (cap.) a title of the pope, formerly used also of other high ecclesiastics (usually prec. by His or Your). [bef. 900; ME holynesse, OE halignes. See HOLY, NESS] Syn. 1.… …
36Holiness — noun Used in connection with His or Your to address to the pope …
37holiness — noun The state or condition of being holy. Syn: sanctity …
38holiness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Piety] Syn. devoutness, humility, asceticism, saintliness, righteousness, godliness, beatitude, religiosity, blessedness, grace, reverence, faith, religiousness; see also devotion , worship 1 . Ant. evil*, impiety,… …
39Holiness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. head of the Roman Catholic church, Vicar of Christ, bishop of Rome; see pope …
40holiness — sb. RG. 332 …
