Synonyms for godliness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : god-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒd li |
Définition of godliness
Origin :- 1530s, from godly + -ness.
- noun holiness
- Ireland is badly off for soap, and cleanliness is next to godliness.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- Most of the temples in Benares, too, are as far from cleanliness as they are from godliness.
- Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe
- Perhaps a god might fall in love with a mortal without losing his godliness.
- Extract from : « Divinity » by William Morrison
- All things that pertain to life, all things that pertain to godliness.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- Everything you want of life, everything you want for godliness.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- What manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness?
- Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
- The righteousness and godliness were patent to every one's eyes.
- Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell
- In the original Greek, the words living and godliness are plural.
- Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
- It was in the interest of morality and godliness that the flood came.
- Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild
- It was the most godlike of men who192 taught the godliness of all men.
- Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
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