'Lowliness' definitions:

Definition of 'lowliness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being humble and unimportant [syn: humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness]
noun
A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation [syn: low status, lowness, lowliness] [ant: high status]

Definition of 'Lowliness'

From: GCIDE
  • Lowliness \Low"li*ness\, n. [From Lowly.]
  • 1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind. [1913 Webster]
  • Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. --Eph. iv. 1, 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life. [1913 Webster]
  • The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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