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Holiness

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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.

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