"God-fearing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more God-fearing [comparative], most God-fearing [superlative]
Etymology: From God + fearing, likely a continuation (in altered form) of earlier Middle English goddfrihti, gode-frigti (“god-fearing”), variants of Middle English godfriht, gode-friht, godfruht, god-furht, from Old English godfyrht, godefriht (“god-fearing”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gudafaurhts, “god-fearing, devout”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|God|fearing}} God + fearing, {{der|en|enm|goddfrihti}} Middle English goddfrihti, {{m|enm|gode-frigti|t=god-fearing}} gode-frigti (“god-fearing”), {{der|en|enm|godfriht}} Middle English godfriht, {{m|enm|gode-friht}} gode-friht, {{m|enm|godfruht}} godfruht, {{m|enm|god-furht}} god-furht, {{der|en|ang|godfyrht}} Old English godfyrht, {{m|ang|godefriht|t=god-fearing}} godefriht (“god-fearing”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃|t=god-fearing, devout}} Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gudafaurhts, “god-fearing, devout”) Head templates: {{en-adj|head=God-fearing}} God-fearing (comparative more God-fearing, superlative most God-fearing)
  1. (religion) Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and his authority. Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: god-fearing Related terms: god, gods-fearing Translations (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority): وَرِع (wariʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَقِيّ (taqiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), богабая́зны (bohabajázny) (Belarusian), خواناس (xwanas) (Central Kurdish), godvrezend (Dutch), jumalaapelkäävä (Finnish), religieux (French), craignant Dieu (French), gottesfürchtig (German), θεοφοβούμενος (theofovoúmenos) (Greek), יְרֵא אֱלקִים (y’re elqim) (Hebrew), istenfélő (Hungarian), timorato di Dio (Italian), pius (Latin), sanctus (Latin), богобојазлив (bogobojazliv) (Macedonian), gudfryktig (Norwegian Bokmål), bogobojny (Polish), pobożny (Polish), pio (Portuguese), devoto (Portuguese), temente a Deus (Portuguese), богобоя́зненный (bogobojáznennyj) (Russian), богобоязли́вый (bogobojazlívyj) (Russian), pío (Spanish), devoto (Spanish), temeroso de Dios (Spanish), gudfruktig (Swedish), богобоязли́вий (bohobojazlývyj) (Ukrainian), богобоя́зний (bohobojáznyj) (Ukrainian), богобоязки́й (bohobojazkýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-God-fearing-en-adj-TFfjSgWQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: lifestyle, religion

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "pobożny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "pio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "temente a Deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bogobojáznennyj",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "богобоя́зненный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bogobojazlívyj",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "богобоязли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "pío"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "devoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "temeroso de Dios"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "gudfruktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bohobojazlývyj",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "богобоязли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bohobojáznyj",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "богобоя́зний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bohobojazkýj",
      "sense": "following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority",
      "word": "богобоязки́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "God-fearing"
}

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