Lexic.us

Definition of Godly

1. Adjective. Showing great reverence for god. "Leading a godly life"

2. Adjective. Emanating from God. "Everything is black or white...satanic or godly"

Definition of Godly

1. a. 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; as, a godly life.

2. adv. Piously; devoutly; righteously.

Definition of Godly

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a god ¹

2. Adjective. Devoted to a god. ¹

3. Adjective. Devoted to the single deity of one of the monotheist religions of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. ¹

4. Adjective. Gloriously good. ¹

5. Adverb. In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Godly

1. pious [adj -LIER, -LIEST] : GODLILY [adv] - See also: pious

Lexicographical Neighbors of Godly

godless godlessly godlessness godlessnesses godlevskite godlier godliest godlike godlikeness godlikenesses

godlily godliness godlinesses godling godlings godly (current term) godlyhead godmama godmamas godmamma

godmammas godmoder godmoders godmoding godmother godmothered godmotherhood godmothering godmotherly godmothers

Literary usage of Godly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications (1853)
"Then such murderers of the godly will be severely recompensed, ... Bui as Paul said in olden time, that all that will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1883)
"The Shepherds answered, This man is named godly-man, and this garment is to show the innocency of his life. Now, those that throw dirt at him, ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... an eye witnes of his godly and ... thee to defend : (When I am dead) my life and godly end. í I sn'speet some ..."

4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; Ye godly Brethren o' the sacred ... But the godly old Chaplain left him in the lurch ; The Jolly Beggars, ..."

5. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"To John Bradford's ' godly Meditations,' London, 1567, Lever contributed a ... Some prayers by him appear in ' A collection by certain godly learned men,' ..."

6. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by American Bible Society (1859)
"10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but ... 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, ..."

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