Gode
(Gode) a. & n. Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Godelich
(Gode"lich) a. Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Godfather
(God"fa`ther) n. [AS. godfæder. Cf. Gossip.] A man who becomes sponsor for a child at
baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.
There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one
Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted
as Sponsors, if it is desired.
Book of Common Prayer Godfather
(God"fa`ther), v. t. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] Burke.
God-fearing
(God"-fear`ing) a. Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.
A brave god-fearing man.
Tennyson. Godhead
(God"head) n. [OE. godhed. See -head, and cf. Godhood.]
1. Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
2. The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.
The imperial throne
Of Godhead, fixed for ever.
Milton. 3. A god or goddess; a divinity. [Obs.]
Adoring first the genius of the place,
The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown.
Dryden. Godhood
(God"hood) n. [God + - hood. Cf. Godhead.] Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
Godild
(God"ild) A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak.
Godless
(God"less), a. Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.
— God"less*ly, adv. — God"less*ness, n.
Godlike
(God"like`) a. [God + like. Cf. Godly.] Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence,
preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. — God"like`ness, n.
Godlily
(God"li*ly) adv. Righteously. H. Wharton.
Godliness
(God"li*ness), n. [From Godly.] Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the
state or quality of being godly; piety.
Godliness is profitable unto all things.
1 Tim. iv. 8. Godling
(God"ling) n. A diminutive god. Dryden.
Godly
(God"ly), a. [God, n. + -ly. Cf. Godlike, Like.] Pious; reverencing God, and his character and
laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's
law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
2 Cor. vii. 10. Godly
(God"ly) adv. Piously; devoutly; righteously.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2. Tim. iii. 12.
