| 单词 | godlessness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgodlessness ˈgodlessness n. [compare earlier ungodliness n. and godliness n.] the fact or state of being godless; (also) an impious act. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [noun] unbowingnessa1300 impietya1340 undevotionc1340 unpiteousnessa1382 unpiteoustya1382 unpityc1384 unkindnessa1400 undevoutnessc1450 indevotion1526 ungodliness1526 unpiety?1540 godlessness1553 devoutlessness1576 impiousness1599 afgodness1658 indevoutness1842 unblessedness1881 1553 tr. Short Catech. f. lxvi The principal point of godlines is..to know God only..To thys godlynesse is directly contrary godlessnesse. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 33 (margin) Many gods (saith Proclus) is Godlesnesse. 1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. O.T. xii. 82 It is an vnmannerly godlessnes to take Gods creatures without the leaue of their maker. 1751 B. Holloway Remarks Dr Sharp's Pieces Elohim & Berith 34 In this Age of Libertinism and Godlessness. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. iii. 187 The literal godlessness of the Positive Philosophy. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 May 388 ‘This book on Poland’, says Cardinal Hinsley in his foreword, ‘shows that Nazism and Moscowism agree in two broad lines—Godlessness and ruthlessness.’ 2009 Independent on Sunday 26 July 30/2 A disastrous period as a nun..led to anti-Christian fervour, raging godlessness and the production of these ‘clever, clever Dawkinsesque’ early books. < as lemmas |
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