godfearing

See also: god-fearing and God-fearing

English

Etymology

god +‎ fearing

Adjective

godfearing (comparative more godfearing, superlative most godfearing)

1. Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
2. Devout; pious; very religious.

Derived terms

• godfearingly
• godfearingness

Translations

obedient to a deity

• Danish: gudfrygtig
• Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
• German: gottesfürchtig
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• Russian: богобоязненный (ru) (bogobojaznennyj)
• Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)

religiously devout

• Danish: gudfrygtig
• Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
• German: gottesfürchtig
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• Hungarian: istenfélő (hu)
• Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)
• Vietnamese: ngoan đạo (vi)