Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and His authority.
Origin
From God + fearing, likely a continuation (in altered form) of earlier Middle English goddfrihti, gode-frigti, variants of Middle English godfriht, gode-friht, godfruht, god-furht, from Old English godfyrht, godefriht. Cognate with Gothic π²πΏπ³π°ππ°πΏππ·ππ.
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