Meaning

1 senses

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

    Göttlichkeit

    благоче́стиеblagočéstije, на́божностьnábožnostʹ

More definitions
  • piety by virtue of being a godly person

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

    deReinlichkeit steht neben der Göttlichkeit. — Waldelfe

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  2. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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Translations

6 languages
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the condition and quality of being godly:
Deutsch
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the condition and quality of being godly:

Forms

plural: godlinesses
Singulargodliness
Pluralgodlinesses

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
honestyB1honorA2righteousnessB2angelicalnesssaintlikenesssaintlinessvirtuousnessangelicalityangelicityangelicnessdecencyintegrityprobitypropriety

Antonyms

1 antonyms
ungodliness

Word family

2 related words
Relateddeitygodly

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
godfathergodforsakengodmothergodsendgodson

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