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His holiness

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a title of the pope; - formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.

See also: Holiness



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For these reasons his Holiness Pope Leo[*] found the pontificate most powerful, and it is to be hoped that, if others made it great in arms, he will make it still greater and more venerated by his goodness and infinite other virtues.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Then was he anointed and consecrated, and thus was fulfilled what he had heard from the frogs on his way, which had so affected him, that he was to be his Holiness the Pope.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
His art is less for every deduction from his holiness, and less for every defect of common sense.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
 
 
 
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