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GODLINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does godliness mean?
• GODLINESS (noun)
The noun GODLINESS has 1 sense:
1. piety by virtue of being a godly person
Familiarity information: GODLINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Piety by virtue of being a godly person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("godliness" is a kind of...):
piety; piousness (righteousness by virtue of being pious)
Antonym:
ungodliness (impiety by virtue of not being a godly person)
Derivation:
godly (emanating from God)
godly (showing great reverence for god)
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