"godfearing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more godfearing [comparative], most godfearing [superlative]
Etymology: From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|god|fearing}} god + fearing, {{der|en|enm|goddfrihti|lit=god-frighty|t=god-fearing}} Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”), {{cog|en|god-fright}} English god-fright, {{der|en|ang|godfyrht|t=god-fearing}} Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”), {{noncog|goh|gotforht|t=god-fearing}} Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} godfearing (comparative more godfearing, superlative most godfearing)
  1. Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity. Translations (obedient to a deity): gudfrygtig (Danish), godvrezende (Dutch), Jumalaa pelkäävä (Finnish), jumalaa pelkäävä (Finnish), gottesfürchtig (German), bogobojny (Polish), богобоязненный (bogobojaznennyj) (Russian), gudfruktig (Swedish), богобоязли́вий (bohobojazlývyj) (Ukrainian), богобоя́зни́й (bohobojáznýj) (Ukrainian), богобоязки́й (bohobojazkýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-godfearing-en-adj-bZP7Y7r3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'obedient to a deity': 97 3
  2. Devout; pious; very religious. Translations (religiously devout): gudfrygtig (Danish), godvrezende (Dutch), harras (Finnish), hurskas (Finnish), uskonnollinen (Finnish), gottesfürchtig (German), istenfélő (Hungarian), bogobojny (Polish), pobożny (Polish), gudfruktig (Swedish), ngoan đạo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-godfearing-en-adj-ASaOpTLH Disambiguation of 'religiously devout': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: godfearingly, godfearingness
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