Holynesses

Noun

plural

1. Plural of holynesse
• 1540, Richard Taverber, On the Epistles and Gospels, 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.