"godliness" meaning in All languages combined

See godliness on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: godlinesses [plural]
Etymology: From godly + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|godly|ness}} godly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} godliness (countable and uncountable, plural godlinesses)
  1. The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin. Wikipedia link: godliness Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: cleanliness is next to godliness Related terms: deity Translations (the condition and quality of being godly): وَرَع (waraʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَقْوَى (taqwā) [feminine] (Arabic), набожност (nabožnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), благочестивост (blagočestivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 虔誠 (Chinese Mandarin), 虔诚 (qiánchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), jumalallisuus (Finnish), jumalisuus (Finnish), jumalaisuus (Finnish), piété (French), Göttlichkeit [feminine] (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹 (gagudei) [feminine] (Gothic), אלוהות (elohút) [feminine] (Hebrew), religiosità [feminine] (Italian), devozione [feminine] (Italian), pietas [feminine] (Italian), 信心深さ (shinjin fukasa) (Japanese), побожност (pobožnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), набожност (nabožnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), pobożność [feminine] (Polish), bogobojność [feminine] (Polish), religiosidade [feminine] (Portuguese), благоче́стие (blagočéstije) [neuter] (Russian), на́божность (nábožnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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