God-fearing

Meaning

Adjective

  • 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 πŒ²πŒΏπŒ³πŒ°π†πŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒ·π„πƒ.

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