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Definition of Meekness
1. Noun. The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness.
2. Noun. A disposition to be patient and long suffering.
Generic synonyms: Humbleness, Humility
Specialized synonyms: Spinelessness
Derivative terms: Meek, Meek, Subdued
Definition of Meekness
1. n. The quality or state of being meek.
Definition of Meekness
1. Noun. the quality of being meek ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meekness
1. the quality of being meek [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meekness
Literary usage of Meekness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1836)
"ON TRUE AND FALSE meekness. A LOW voice and soft address are the common indications
of a well-bred woman, and should seem to be the natural effects of a ..."
2. Prayers and Offices of Devotion: For Families and for Particular Persons by Benjamin Jenks, Charles Simeon (1850)
"0 let the peace of God rule in my heart; and thy wonderful long-suffering towards
me be ever an engagement upon me to show meekness to all men! ..."
3. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the by American Bible Society (1870)
"meekness, temperance: against 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh with the affections and lusts. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall ..."
4. The Lady's Pocket Library by Hannah More, John Gregory, Jonathan Swift, Edward Moore (1809)
"ON TRUE AND FALSE meekness. A LOW voice and a soft address are the common
indications of a well bred woman, and should seem to be the natural effects of a ..."
5. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1859)
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering. 7 Rom. xii. 18. ..."
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