'Godliness' definitions:
Definition of 'godliness'
From: WordNet
noun
Piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant: godlessness, ungodliness]
Definition of 'Godliness'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv. 8. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Godliness'
From: Easton
- 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.
Synonyms of 'godliness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angelicalness,
- awesomeness,
- awfulness,
- beauty of holiness,
- blessedness,
- Christianity,
- Christlikeness,
- Christliness,
- deity,
- divineness,
- divinity,
- Fatherhood,
- 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