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godfearing

adj

Etymology

From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).

  1. derived from godfyrht — “god-fearing”
  2. derived from goddfrihti — “god-fearing”

Definitions

  1. Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that…

    Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.

  2. Devout

    Devout; pious; very religious.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA