Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,798,213,522 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

godly
(redirected from godliest)

    Also found in: Legal 0.03 sec.
god·ly  (gdl)
adj. god·li·er, god·li·est
1. Having great reverence for God; pious.
2. Divine.
godli·ness n.
godly [ˈgɒdlɪ]
adj -lier, -liest
having a religious character; pious; devout a godly man
godliness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.godly - showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"
reverent, worshipful
pious - having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"
2.godly - emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
divine
heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god
godly
adjective devout, religious, holy, righteous, pious, good, saintly, god-fearing a learned and godly preacher
Translations
godly [ˈgɒdlɪ] ADJ (godlier (compar) (godliest (superl))) → devoto
godly [ˈgɒdli] adj (= religious) [person] → dévot(e); [life] → pieux/euse
godly
adj (+er) → fromm, gottesfürchtig
godly [ˈgɒdlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → pio/a
godly [ˈgɒdlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → pio/a


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Bearing children was the godliest work a woman could do.
"Be fruitful and multiply": Genesis and generation in Reformation ... by Crowther-Heyck, Kathleen / Renaissance Quarterly
``Seven Years in Tibet'' has a story of spiritual awakening and social injustice, extreme real-life adventure, Brad Pitt at his blond godliest and even an 11th-hour scandal that should call everything about the movie into extra-textural question.
`TIBET' MISSES SUMMIT ON SPIRITUAL CLIMB by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It shows us Laudians who found some traditional rituals too casual about the church's holiness, Puritans who disapproved of the godliest of funeral sermons because they seemed too visibly a substitute for the funeral masses of the past.
Birth, Marriage and Death: Ritual, Religion and the Life-Cycle in ... by Gunn, S.J. / Renaissance Quarterly
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.