holynesses

See also: Holynesses

English

Noun

holynesses

1. plural of holynesse
   • 1540, Richard Taverber, edited by Edward Cardwemm, On the Epistles and Gospels, published 1841:

     I call Antichriste whosoeuer teacheth other deuotions and holynesses, then Christ dyd ordeyne.

2. plural of holyness

Usage notes

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