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- noun Plural form of
Holiness .
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Examples
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"I can't say this in His Holinesses 'presence, so I'm saying it now," Sham said.
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In winter and fall she carried it to AME's and Baptists, Holinesses and Sanctifieds, the Church of the Redeemer and the Redeemed.
Beloved Morrison, Toni 1987
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But their Holinesses incited others in Avignon to good works so successfully that Rabelais laughingly called it the "Ringing city" of churches, convents, and monasteries.
Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose
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But, my dear, here's the "Freeman's Journal," and we'll see what's the news afore we finish the residuary proceedings of their two Holinesses.
Stories of Comedy Rossiter Johnson 1885
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And whensoever this Influence hangeth down in equilibrium even unto the heart, all the Holinesses of the Holinesses of Holiness depend from it.
Hebrew Literature Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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[Footnote 732: 'Episcopus doceat, ne judex possit invenire quod puniat.'] 'I therefore commend my dignity to your prayers, and end my letter with a salutation of love and honour to your Holinesses.'
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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For these things are hidden; and the lofty Holinesses shine in them, as light flows from the splendor of a lamp.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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Perhaps "His Holiness" could pay to the British people the millions owed in fines and charges incurred by "His Holinesses" diplomatic bunch of idiots here?
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