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单词 godliness
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godliness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡɒd.li.nəs/us
/ˈɡɑːd.li.nəs/
thequalityof beinggodly(=obeyingandrespectingGod):
虔诚，敬畏上帝之心
Herexpressionspokeof godliness andinnersuffering,braveryandsympathyforothers.她的表情透露着虔诚和内心的煎熬，也不乏勇气和同情心。
Theyemployedtheirmoneyandinfluencetopromotegodliness.他们出钱出力，宣扬敬虔。
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  • Promoting godliness in asecularageis nolongerthe onlychallengefor some of Canada'sclergy.
  • It's hisambitionratherthan his godliness thatcauseshim to put hisfamilylowdown on hislistofpriorities..
  • Ifcleanlinessis next to Godliness, then mostteenagersareatheists.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Worshipping a god
  • adoration
  • adore
  • churchgoing
  • deification
  • deify
  • devotional
  • devout
  • devoutly
  • devoutness
  • godly
  • homage
  • idolater
  • idolatry
  • piety
  • pious
  • piously
  • praise
  • prostrate
  • worship
  • worshipper
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(Definition ofgodlinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgodliness

godliness
Like ' honour ' or 'godliness' for earlier periods, ' politeness ' helps us map the culture broadly conceived.
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Reliance on one's word went with recognition of one's honour, virtue, andgodliness.
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But one needed to be discriminating when assigning value to the uses ofgodliness.
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From these one may expect social improvement and personal, marital, and family prosperity and happiness, along with virtue andgodliness.
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He has heard rumour that property will be redistributed according to professions ofgodliness, and thus will be held only through the favour of tyrants.
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But what is striking about the note is not just its palpablegodliness, but its overt predestinarianism.
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It is full ofgodliness, goodness and cleanliness, but has nothing to do with industrial relations.
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We have been told that cleanliness is next togodliness.
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He would have difficulty in preaching that cleanliness was next togodliness.
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I have always believed that cleanliness is next togodliness.
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It is often said that cleanliness is next togodliness.
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I think that quiet is next togodliness.
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One cannot mix with them for more than a few minutes without feeling that here is a touch ofgodliness.
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We are all in favour of stability of exchange rates, just as we are all in favour ofgodliness.
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It was very unfortunate that my wife was inclined to cleanliness rather than togodliness.
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