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- noun Obsolete spelling of
holiness .
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Examples
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I schal declare the disposcioun of rome fro hys first makyng ... and the seconde part schal declar ye holynesse of ye same place fro his first crystendom; I schal not write but that i fynde in auctores or ellis that I sey with eye.
A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
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I schal declare the disposcioun of rome fro hys first makyng ... and the seconde part schal declar ye holynesse of ye same place fro his first crystendom; I schal not write but that i fynde in auctores or ellis that I sey with eye.
A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
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And he was gladde to here theym talke of the welfare and holynesse of theyr kynge Saynt Edward.
Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip
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His eldest sonne he keepeth captiue in prison, for that he feareth him for his valiantnesse and actiuitie: he professeth a kinde of holynesse, and saith that hee is descended of the Blood of Mahomet and Murtezalli: [Sidenote: The difference of religion.] and although these
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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