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as in pious
showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue
a godly and humble man who will be richly rewarded in the next world
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as in divine
of, relating to, or being God
a godly voice from the heavens commanded him to build an ark
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Recent Examples of godly
The meaning of godly unity is developed through an examination of the historical and cultural first-century Mediterranean world context within the overall context of the Gospel of John, helping readers understand God’s plan for His eternal family.
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Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
From the beginning, people saw optimization as a godly power.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
Ovid’s godly characters are whittled down to basic geometric forms like ovoid shapes and cones that together recount the tale in some of the world’s most phonetically complex languages, such as Abkhaz from Abkhazia, Chatino from inland Oaxaca, and Silbo Gomero from La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Each step requires extreme precision, then near-godly patience, as the piece returns to the muro to harden after each step.
—Maria Yagoda, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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All of this is impressive enough, but there are tales that the bible was written in a single night by none other than the Dark Lord himself, not a pious scribe.—
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The suspects may seem pious, but which of them committed the ultimate sin of murder?—
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The shoes come in a ton of hues, including the above silver, plus a divine cherry red and ballet-slipper-pink mesh.—
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Their journey and gifts thus represent the homage of all nations and races to the divine revelation in Bethlehem, uniting in a single act of recognition of Jesus as King (gold), God (frankincense), and Savior (myrrh).—
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Here’s everything to know about her mental health history and the religious influence that allegedly distorted her beliefs.—
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At a massive commemoration marking the anniversary of the Eaton fire this week, local religious leaders read the names of the 19 people who died in the blaze.—
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An irresistible, holy spectacle.—
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Or does Lux ask us to crane our necks to appreciate base human longing that presents in ecstatic and horrific manifestations, in the hunger for all sorts of holy and unsavory connections?—
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While the bulk of this story follows the normal progression of life-saving treatment, there are a few things that make this couple, devout Catholics, see a deeper cause at work.—
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Some of the founders were indeed devout Christians and these folks cherry-pick Christian quotations from them.—
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Sold to Menemsha, studied in its craft, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.—
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The motions of the stars also exhibited a similar 24 hour period, as though the heavenly canopy rotated throughout the night.—
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Aloka was found by Bhikkhu Pannakara, vice president of the center and spiritual leader of the walk, during a peace walk in India, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.—
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When the music dissolves into an ethereal, ambient soundscape and a psychedelic, spiritual journey, that’s where finding the right amount of energy, aggression, violence, and grief, to support the story and to explain things that the dialog couldn’t, was the most challenging part.—
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The Aboriginal Dingaal people had been using the island as a sacred ceremonial site for about 6,000 years.—
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From Kazakhstan to Utah to Australia Tracey takes us on a journey in search of these semi-sacred places, meeting along the way countless people dedicated to preserving them.—
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“Godly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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