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Godly is a related term of spiritual.


As an adjective godly

is of or pertaining to a god.

As an adverb godly

is in a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.

As a noun spiritual is

(christianity|historical) a member of a branch of the franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.

godly

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of or pertaining to a god
    • her godly powers = her superhuman powers
  • Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.
  • * Bible, 2 Corinthians vii. 10
    • For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
  • * 1809 , Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards
    • If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, ''[...]'' he is doubtless a godly''' man ''[...]'' if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to , he is not a '''godly man ...
  • Gloriously good.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
    • All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.

    Anagrams

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    spiritual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
    • Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • God's law is spiritual ; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
  • Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
  • Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
  • Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
    • a spiritual substance or being
  • * Bible, 1. Corinthians xv. 44
    • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
  • Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
  • (Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
  • * Bible, Gal. vi. 1
    • If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual , restore such an one.
  • Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
    • the spiritual''' functions of the clergy; lords '''spiritual''' and temporal; a '''spiritual corporation

    Derived terms

    * antispiritual * antispiritualism * antispirituality * spiritual desertion * spiritualism * spiritualist * spirituality * spiritually

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
  • Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
    • He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals , and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.