Complete Definition of "godly"

English

Pronunciation
IPA /'g�dli/
audio|en-us-godly.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
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  1. Of or pertaining to a god

#:her godly powers = her superhuman powers

  1. devoted|Devoted to a god.
  2. Devoted to the single deity of one of the monotheist religions of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.

#*1809, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards
#*:If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, [...] he is doubtless a godly man [...] if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to w:Jehovah|Jehovah, he is not a godly man ...

  1. Gloriously good.

Translations
trans-top|Of or pertaining to a god
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Russian: боже��венн�й (božéstv'ennyj), божий (bóžij)
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trans-top|Devoted to a god
Greek: t|el|ε��εβή�|m|sc=Grek (efsevís)
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Russian: божий (bóžij)
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trans-top|Devoted to the single deity of one of the monotheist religions
Russian: божий (bóžij)
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trans-top|Gloriously good
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Russian: боже��венн�й (božéstv'ennyj)
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ttbc|Chinese: �
ttbc|French: pieux m, pieuse f
ttbc|Korean: ���
ttbc|Spanish: santo m, santa f

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