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godliness

noun
/ˈɡɒd.li.nəs/UK/ˈɡɑd.li.nəs/US

Etymology

From godly + -ness.

  1. inherited from *gudą✻
  2. inherited from *god✻
  3. inherited from god
  4. inherited from god
  5. formed as godly — “god + -ly”
  6. suffixed as godliness — “godly + ness”

Definitions

  1. The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the…

    The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.

    • Nay, but he prated, And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms Against your honour That, with the little godliness I have, I did full hard forbear him.
    • But godlinesse with contentment is great gaine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for godliness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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