Hypertext Webster Gateway: "godliness"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv.
8.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
godliness
n : piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant: {ungodliness}]
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