🇬🇧🇨🇳 holiness - 圣洁 : English Lesson

Meaning of "holiness" ("圣洁"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

"Holiness" means being very sacred, pure, and connected to something spiritual or religious. It often describes someone or something that is deeply respected because of its goodness, kindness, or closeness to God.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

There was a moment of holiness in the classroom when the teacher announced that recess would be extra long.

When Grandma makes her famous cookies, the smell fills the house with pure cookie holiness.

I tried to act with holiness, but I accidentally tripped and spilled juice on the floor during family dinner.

I thought there was holiness in my lunchbox until I realized my sandwich had been swapped for broccoli.

Dad says mowing the lawn gives him a sense of peace and holiness… but I think he just likes using the noisy lawnmower.

A child slips into the rain-washed chapel. Light pools on the small hand as the old nun prays. The quiet holds a kindness like holiness, the soft hush becomes holiness, the candle flame keeps holiness, the bowed heads feel holiness, and the child smiles, moved by holiness. They leave calm.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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