OK, in relation to holiness – there is the transcendent part to God that says we will never fully understand God nor be like God. We call this being holy! And yes, being holy in relation to God and people means that a core discussion of God’s attributes starts with a bubble we call holiness.
As we peer through that bubble, we see so much more of the mixture and melting of who God is. In that sense, is holiness an attribute or merely a description?
We also define holiness as the moral side of life. That refers more to following a path of rightness – that reflects a holy God. I wonder if that is then governed by a God who is love (and many other things) before we talk about the activities of holiness?