beholding

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === beholding present participle and gerund of behold === Adjective === beholding (comparative more beholding, superlative most beholding) Obsolete form of beholden. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === beholding (plural beholdings) The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation. a. 1847, Robert Traill, a sermon But this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received.