Definizione monolingua

godliness

godliness (countable and uncountable; plural godlinesses)

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

   1562 Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by Gods 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. — The Thirty-Nine Articles, Point 32.

   1604 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. — Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1, Scene 2

Definizione dizionario godliness

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religiosità

Altri significati:

the condition and quality of being godly

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