holiness
State of purity
Holiness is the quality of being sacred, spiritually pure, or set apart for divine purposes.
In religious contexts, it describes God's nature or the state believers aspire to: pursuing holiness, the holiness of the sanctuary.
With a capital H, His/Your Holiness is a title for religious leaders, especially the Pope: His Holiness addressed the crowd.
Official declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
venerable · intercession · sanctification · halo · patron saint · miracle worker · blessed · stigmata
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- prayerAddress to deity
incense · vestments · clergy · monastery · pilgrimage · abbey · convent · chapel
Moral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- goodnessMoral excellence
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
charity · faith · hope · prudence · temperance · justice · fortitude · benevolence
State of spiritual purity
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
- eternalLasting without end
almighty · omnipotent · omniscient · immortal · creator · supreme · savior · messiah
canonization
Official declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- martyrVictim for beliefs
hagiography · venerable · intercession · sanctification · halo · patron saint · miracle worker · blessed · stigmata · mystic
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
prayer · incense · vestments · clergy · monastery · pilgrimage · abbey · convent · chapel · ritual
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
humility · charity · faith · hope · prudence · temperance · justice · fortitude · benevolence · piety
godliness
State of spiritual purity
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
eternal · almighty · omnipotent · omniscient · immortal · creator · supreme · savior · messiah · providence
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
shrine · tabernacle · altar · sanctuary · sanctum · relic · sacrament · anointed · dedicated · inviolable
immaculate
Completely without blemish
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
- pristinePure and untouched
undefiled · unsullied · innocence · chastity · wholesome · untainted · incorrupt · sinless · blameless · stainless
- Christian ethicsChristian morality, Christian values, divine law, Christian virtues, natural law
- Christian virtuesvirtues, cardinal virtues, theological virtues, faithfulness, chastity
- mysticismmystic, gnosis, divine union, divine spark, mystical
- pietydevoutness, piousness, godliness, righteousness, sanctity
- religious ethicsChristian ethics, divine command, moral law, divine law, love thy neighbor
- religious fervorfervor, zeal, zealotry, fanaticism, devotion
holinessprofaneness
State of being irreverent
profanity · unholiness · desecration · defilement · sacrilege
holinesssinfulness
Moral depravity condition
wickedness · evil · depravity · evilness · corruption
holinessimpiety
Irreverence toward the divine
godlessness · ungodliness · blasphemy · irreverence · sacrilege
- Your HolinessPapal form of address
- His HolinessPope's formal honorific
- holiness churchDenomination teaching complete consecration
holy, holiday, unholy, wholly, holidays, holy day, hallowed, holiest, holier