Holiness

See also: holiness

English

Noun

Holiness (plural Holinesses)

1. (countable) Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of some religious traditions, notably the pope.

   Your Holiness

   • 2021, The Extraordinary Life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illuminated Journey, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 47:

     Currently he is a firm pillar that is supporting the Tibetan diaspora, holding them all together—but I worry about what will happen to Tibetans when His Holiness leaves his current body.

Translations

used to address the pope

• French: sainteté (fr) f
• German: Heiligkeit (de) f
• Icelandic: Heilagleiki m
• Italian: Santità f
• Japanese: 台下 (ja) (だいか, daika)
• Portuguese: Santidade f
• Russian: святе́йшество (ru) n (svjatéjšestvo)