English

Noun

Holynesses

1. plural of Holyness
   • 1695, The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland: Preserved at Welbeck Abbey:

     However his appeale to their Holynesses hath made the King affrayde to remove him at present from any of his places

English

Noun

holynesses

1. plural of holynesse
   • 1540, Richard Taverber, Edward Cardwemm, editor, 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.