ungodlinessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡɒdlɪnᵻs/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡɒdlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡɑdlinᵻs/ (un- prefix1 6: cf. ungodly adj.)
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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
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. i. 18 For the wrath of god of heven apereth agaynst all vngodlynes and vnrightewesnes.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 26.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. djv He dyd not keepe silence of so wicked an vngodlynesse.
1642 L. Hughes (title) Certain Grievances: or, the Popish Errors and Ungodlinesse of the Service-book plainly laid open.
1671 I. Barrow Duty & Reward of Bounty 23 Performing such acts, is a good sign of true piety; and omitting them, is a certain argument of ungodliness.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 14 Oh! the curst Ungodliness of Zeal!
1865 C. J. Vaughan Plain Words (1866) x. 183 The recollection of His love in contrast with our ungodliness.
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