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},
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"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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