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religiousness|rɪˈlɪdʒəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or character of being religious; † religious or careful attention.
1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 46 Relygyousness shall kepe the harte, and make yt ryghtefull. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xviii. 105 For all that thei pretende religiousnesse of very feare, lest y⊇ iudge should foorthwith haue punished them. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. v. (1634) 11 In things of so great weight and to which is due a singular religiousnesse. 1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 8 What religiousnesse soever is in the peoples minds, may wholy or chiefly be attributed to their Sermons. a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xi. (1640) 98 A vertue in Abraham was religiousnesse. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 154 He could not abide any thing that appertained to a goodly religiousness, or monastical life. 1859C. S. Henry Dr. Oldham's Talks viii. (1860) 72 He mistakes sanctimony for saintliness, strictness for religiousness. 1877Sparrow Serm. xxii. 292 This religiousness in man is no accident: it comes of his weakness and dependence. |