godliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
godliness
    n 1: piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant:
         {godlessness}, {ungodliness}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Godliness \God"li*ness\, n. [From {Godly}.]
   Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the
   state or quality of being godly; piety.
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         Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Godliness
the whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). "It
supposes knowledge, veneration, affection, dependence,
submission, gratitude, and obedience." In 1 Tim. 3:16 it denotes
the substance of revealed religion.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "godliness":
      Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, Fatherhood,
      angelicalness, awesomeness, awfulness, beauty of holiness,
      blessedness, deity, divineness, divinity, fear of God, godhead,
      godhood, godlikeness, godly-mindedness, godship, goodness,
      hallowedness, heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness,
      holy-mindedness, ineffability, inenarrability, inexpressibility,
      inviolability, inviolableness, moral rectitude, morale, morality,
      numinousness, odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, probity,
      pureness, pureness of heart, purity, rectitude, right conduct,
      righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, sacrosanctness,
      sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctitude,
      sanctity, seraphicalness, spiritual-mindedness, spirituality,
      unearthliness, unspeakability, unutterability, unworldliness,
      venerability, venerableness, virtue, virtuousness
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