Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having great reverence for God; pious.
- adjective Divine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pious; reverencing God and his character and laws; controlled by religious motives.
- Conformed to or influenced by God's laws: as, a godly life.
- Of or pertaining to a god; characteristic of a god; godlike.
- Synonyms and Holy, devout, saintly. See
religion . - In a godly manner; piously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Piously; devoutly; righteously.
- adjective Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
god - adjective
Devoted to a god. - adjective Devoted to the single deity of one of the monotheist religions of
Judaism ,Christianity , orIslam . - adjective Gloriously good.
- adverb In a godly manner;
piously ;devoutly ;righteously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective emanating from God
- adjective showing great reverence for god
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Examples
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This and the disciplinary design of trial to the godly is the great lesson of this book.
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God ... brought Daniel into favour -- The favor of others towards the godly is the doing of God.
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The deliverance of the godly is the work of God, that which he concerns himself in, both his wisdom to contrive the way and his power to work out the deliverance out of temptation, to prevent their falling into sin and their being ruined by their troubles.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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“Many of the humanities and liberal arts are based on philosophies whose foundations are materialism and disbelief in godly and Islamic teachings,” Ayatollah Khamenei said at a gathering of university students and professors on Sunday, according to IRNA, the state news agency.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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Teaching those “sciences leads to the loss of belief in godly and Islamic knowledge.”
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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I would love for her to be able to use your old posts for a basic education in godly homemaking.
New Book 2009
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My son and daughter are not just 'doing well,' but rising far above me in godly character, enthusiasm for what God is doing in their lives, development of talents, and service to others.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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My son and daughter are not just 'doing well,' but rising far above me in godly character, enthusiasm for what God is doing in their lives, development of talents, and service to others.
Illustrated Lessons 2005
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“From the Christian perspective, we think in terms of prayer, we think in terms of what we call godly counsel, where godly men who are clean themselves insert themselves in the life of the one who is struggling,” London said.
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Such he was in godly firmness, in spite of his people's opposition, according to the divine command to the priest tribe to which he belonged (De 33: 9).
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