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Noun
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This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness.—
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025 -
True holiness can come from deep friendship.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When this occurs, public worship is suspended until a penitential rite is performed to restore the sanctity of the church.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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When jurors came forward with concerns, Farber was strict about respecting the sanctity of deliberations and cautioned them not to discuss the content or tenor of jury room discussions, transcripts show.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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At its core, this transit is a reminder that clarity is power and in Virgo’s world, cleanliness really is next to godliness.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Cowliness is next to godliness.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2025
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The list will be comprised of directors, writers, creators, studio executives and more working in film and television who have made an impact in authentic coverage and storytelling across major world faiths and spirituality over the past year.—
Variety Staff,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Someone like Marvin Gaye saw spirituality and sexuality in conflict, but Prince seems to see them as one thing.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Two of ours had just reached sainthood.—
Farhan Mustafa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Pope Francis fervently willed the Acutis sainthood case forward — convinced that the church needed someone like him to attract young Catholics to the faith while addressing the promises and perils of the digital age.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But then Lacey was back with the kids, banging around in the kitchen, and the first of the evening’s friends and acquaintances began to show up and the blessedness passed, as had the roadrunner, hyperactive and vigilant and always on the make, gone off to seek somebody else’s snakes.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Still, the Catholic Legion of Decency and other morality groups would criticize the scene as indecent.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Priestliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestliness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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