godfearing

See also: god-fearing and God-fearing

English

Etymology

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

Danish: gudfrygtig
Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
German: gottesfürchtig

Russian: богобоязненный (ru) (bogobojaznennyj)
Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)

religiously devout

Danish: gudfrygtig
Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
German: gottesfürchtig

Hungarian: istenfélő (hu)
Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)
Vietnamese: ngoan đạo (vi)

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