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Webster 1913 Edition


God-fearing

god"fear`ing,

God′-fearˊing

,
Adj.
Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; devoutly religious.

Syn. – devout, pious.
A brave
god-fearing
man.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


God-fearing

God-fearing

See also: godfearing and god-fearing

English

Adjective

God-fearing (comparative more God-fearing, superlative most God-fearing)

  1. (religion) Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and His authority.
    Margie married Bill, a good, God-fearing Christian.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
      The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

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See also

god-fearing

god-fearing

See also: godfearing and God-fearing

English

Adjective

god-fearing (comparative more god-fearing, superlative most god-fearing)

  1. Alternative form of God-fearing