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holiness

[hoh-lee-nis] / ˈhoʊ li nɪs /


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Miya Ando, an artist who was permitted to come in person to select her piece of steel for a London memorial, remembers a sense of holiness within the hangar.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Archdiocese of New York recently released an update on reforms to its abuse response protocols, with Dolan arguing that “conversion is possible, healing is possible, holiness is possible even after great sin.”

From Salon Sep. 21, 2025

“There’s this idea of this false sense of holiness and that this guy doesn’t belong here,” says McBride.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2025

Nobody calls holiness home—although, ironically, doing so is an all-too-human habit.

From Slate May 15, 2024

“With so much holiness bumping up against other holiness, doesn't it seem strange Jerusalem would have had so much fighting?” she said.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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