lowliness
n 1: the state of being humble and unimportant [syn:
{humbleness}, {unimportance}, {obscureness}, {lowliness}]
2: a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or
fortune or estimation [syn: {low status}, {lowness},
{lowliness}] [ant: {high status}]
Lowliness \Low"li*ness\, n. [From {Lowly}.]
1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness
of mind.
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Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. --Eph.
iv. 1, 2.
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2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
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The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to
flatter vice. --Dryden.
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