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holiness

[hoh-lee-nis] / ˈhoʊ li nɪs /


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Miya Ando, an artist who was permitted to come in person to select her piece of steel for a London memorial, remembers a sense of holiness within the hangar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Christian figures who embody ideals of goodness and holiness – saints, Mary and even Jesus – are the ones who rule the runway.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Nobody calls holiness home—although, ironically, doing so is an all-too-human habit.

From Slate ● May 15, 2024

As part of Sukkot, the four species are held while saying a daily blessing — except on Shabbat — that is an expression of the holiness of the holiday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson




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