ungodliness
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a word derived from
ungodly.
ungodlyadjectivenot accepting God or a particular religious doctrine; irreligious; atheistic.
Example Sentences
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Since the days of Bartholomew Fair, and before, professional carnivals have been held up as examples of ungodliness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Think of George Whitefield assailing boldly the ungodliness which deluged all around him, and winning victory after victory!
From A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield by John Charles Ryle
As godliness increases the sense of ungodliness becomes more acute, and so feelings never accurately gauge real assimilation to God.
From George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God by Arthur T. (Arthur Tappan) Pierson
“The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, reaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world,” Tit. ii.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Now the darksome ways of ungodliness belong to imprudence.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas