Definition for GOD'LY

GOD'LY, a. [god-like.]

  1. Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws.
  2. Living in obedience to God's commands, from a principle of love to him and reverence of his character and precepts; religious; righteous; as, a godly person.
  3. Pious; conformed to God's law; as, a godly life.

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