godfearing
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See also: god-fearing and God-fearing
Etymology
From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).
Adjective
godfearing (comparative more godfearing, superlative most godfearing)
- Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- Devout; pious; very religious.
Derived terms
- godfearingly
- godfearingness
Translations
obedient to a deity
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religiously devout
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