godfearingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

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.

派生語

• godfearingly
• godfearingness

語源

From God +‎ fearing, likely a continuation (in altered form) of earlier 中期英語 goddfrihti, gode-frigti (“god-fearing”), variants of 中期英語 godfriht, gode-friht, godfruht, god-furht, from 古期英語 godfyrht, godefriht (“god-fearing”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gudafaurhts, “god-fearing, devout”).

形容詞

God-fearing (comparative more God-fearing, superlative most God-fearing)

1. (religion) Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and his authority.

   Margie married Bill, a good, God-fearing Christian.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

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