godliness
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godliness
- /ˈɡɒd.li.nəs/ UK
- /ˈɡɑd.li.nəs/ US
noun godlinesses
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The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by God's laws either to vow the estate of single life or to abstain from marriage. Therefore it is lawful also for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness.
Similar: angelicalness, saintlikeness, saintliness, virtuousness, angelicality, angelicity, angelicness, decency, godliness, honesty, honor, integrity
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noun the condition and quality of being godly
| 日本語 | 信心深さ shinjin fukasa |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 虔誠 /虔诚 qiánchéng |
| हिन्दी | देवत्व devatva |
| Português | religiosidade |
| Français | piété |
| Deutsch | Göttlichkeit |
| Italiano | religiosità, devozione, pietas |
| Русский | благоче́стие blagočéstije, на́божность nábožnostʹ |
| العربية | وَرَع waraʕ, تَقْوَى taqwā |
| עברית | אלוהות elohút |
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title = {godliness},
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