holynesses

See also: Holynesses

English

Noun

holynesses

plural of holynesse
- 1540, Richard Taverber, Edward Cardwemm, editor, On the Epistles and Gospels, published 1841:
  I call Antichriste whosoeuer teacheth other deuotions and holynesses, then Christ dyd ordeyne.
plural of holyness

Usage notes

Also often used as possessive in Early Modern English before the acceptance of the apostrophe.

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