His Holiness

English

Noun

His Holiness (plural Their Holinesses)

1. An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader.

   He had an audience with His Holiness the Pope.

   His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Related terms

• Her Holiness
• Your Holiness

Translations

honorific title

• Bulgarian: Негово светейшество n (Negovo svetejšestvo) (cf. Ваше светейшество n (Vaše svetejšestvo))
• Danish: Hans Hellighed c
• French: Sa Sainteté f (cf. Votre Sainteté f)
• Hungarian: Őszentsége
• Icelandic: Hans heilagleiki m
• Italian: Sua Santità f (cf. Vostra Santità f)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hans Hellighet m

  Nynorsk: Hans Heilagdom m

• Polish: jego świątobliwość (pl) f (cf. wasza świątobliwość (pl) f)
• Portuguese: Sua Santidade f (cf. Vossa Santidade (pt) f)
• Spanish: Su Santidad f (cf. Vuestra Santidad f)