Get to know Godliness better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like piety or piousness.
Godliness in a sentence
Godliness meaning
The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.
Using Godliness
- The main meaning on this page is: The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.
- Useful related words include: piety, piousness, ungodliness.
- In the example corpus, godliness often appears in combinations such as: of godliness, and godliness, to godliness.
Context around Godliness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Godliness
- In this selection, "godliness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reflect, book, true, intertwined, represented and throughout stand out and add context to how "godliness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include next to godliness and and inward godliness throughout england. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "godliness" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with godliness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Always remember that cleanliness is next to Godliness! (8 words)
Authentic Christians, in the finest tradition of the expression, must reflect godliness in their social relationships. (16 words)
He aimed to restore liberty of conscience and promote both outward and inward godliness throughout England. (16 words)
One reviewer said the cathedral is a "much-hyped complex" of historic buildings, but is "everything it's cracked up to be": They wrote: "I’m not religious, but the buildings inspire a sense of awe that must surely be next to godliness. (43 words)
Having thus received some taste and knowledge of true godliness, I was immediately inflamed with so intense a desire to make progress therein, that although I did not altogether leave off other studies, yet I pursued them with less ardour. (40 words)
The theology that the United States is a uniquely divined project that has its governance and godliness intertwined and blessed has been used aplenty by some of the most cynical political artists in the nation, and to great effect. (39 words)
Always remember that cleanliness is next to Godliness! (8 words)
Example sentences (12)
Back in the day, church mothers were a monument of holiness and prayer, exhibiting strength and godliness.
One reviewer said the cathedral is a "much-hyped complex" of historic buildings, but is "everything it's cracked up to be": They wrote: "I’m not religious, but the buildings inspire a sense of awe that must surely be next to godliness.
The theology that the United States is a uniquely divined project that has its governance and godliness intertwined and blessed has been used aplenty by some of the most cynical political artists in the nation, and to great effect.
A form of godliness is to take on the outward shape and appearance of “the devout practice and appropriate beliefs about God” and yet lack the essence or reality of that religion.
This went to the extent of some people citing Hlophe’s lyrics in the song ‘Yebo’ where the artist sings that she receives marriage in the spirit of godliness.
Always remember that cleanliness is next to Godliness!
Authentic Christians, in the finest tradition of the expression, must reflect godliness in their social relationships.
What most people want, apparently, is something else; some other idea that describes a partner that has a form of godliness but falls very short of the wholesome concept itself.
Apologists explain that Jews may have been praying for and not necessarily to the aspects of Godliness represented by the sephirot.
David Newsome writes about the new educational methods employed by Arnold in his book, 'Godliness and Good Learning' (Cassell 1961).
Having thus received some taste and knowledge of true godliness, I was immediately inflamed with so intense a desire to make progress therein, that although I did not altogether leave off other studies, yet I pursued them with less ardour.
He aimed to restore liberty of conscience and promote both outward and inward godliness throughout England.
Common combinations with godliness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of godliness 4×
- and godliness 2×
- to godliness 2×