Definitions for lowliness
low·li·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. low status, lowness, lowlinessnoun

   a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

2. humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowlinessnoun

   the state of being humble and unimportant

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lowlinessnoun

   The property of being lowly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lowlinessnoun

   Etymology: from lowly.

   1. Humility; freedom from pride.

   Lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,
   Whereto the climber upward turns his face. William Shakespeare.

   The king-becoming graces,
   As justice, verity, temp’rance, stableness,
   Bounty, persev’rance, mercy, lowliness,
   Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude;
   I have no relish of them. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Eve,
   With lowliness majestick, from her seat,
   And grace, that won who saw to wish her stay,
   Rose. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. viii.

   If with a true Christian lowliness of heart, and a devout fervency of soul, we perform them, we shall find, that they will turn to a greater account to us, than all the warlike preparations in which we trust. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   2. Meanness; want of dignity; abject depression.

   They continued in that lowliness until the time that the division between the two houses of Lancaster and York arose. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   The lowliness of my fortune has not yet brought me to flatter vice; and it is my duty to give testimony to virtue. John Dryden, Aurengzebe. Preface to.

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1. lowliness

   Lowliness refers to a state of being humble, modest, or having a low rank or status. It includes feelings of insignificance, inferiority, or worthlessness. It also refers to the lack of pretension in a person's behavior or their self-deprecating nature. Lowliness can also mean living in a meager or humble way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Lowlinessnoun

   the state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind

2. Lowlinessnoun

   low condition, especially as to manner of life

3. Etymology: [From Lowly.]

Matched Categories

1. • Obscurity
   • Status

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lowliness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lowliness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lowliness in a Sentence

1. Stephen Shober:

   The mission before us as ambassadors is to assure peace among, as it were, the diplomatic corps of fellow ambassadors. Thus we are to walk in lowliness (humility) and meekness, which foster longsuffering and enable us to forbear one another in love.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lowliness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lowliness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lowliness
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowliness