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godlinesses

godlinesses is the plural of godliness.

Meaning of godliness

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.
    • Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by God's laws either to vow the estate of single life or to abstain from marriage. Therefore it is lawful also for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness.1562, The Thirty-Nine Articles, Point 32

Questions about godlinesses

What is godlinesses the plural of?
Godlinesses is the plural of godliness.

Words near godlinesses in the dictionary

  1. godlikeness
  2. godlikenesses
  3. godlily
  4. godliness
  5. godlinesse
  6. godlinesses
  7. godling
  8. godlings
  9. godlore
  10. godly
  11. godma

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