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Webster 1913 Edition


Meekness

Meek′ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being meek.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meekness

MEE'KNESS

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Noun.
Softness of temper; mildness; gentleness; forbearance under injuries and provocations.
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In an evangelical sense, humility; resignation; submission to the divine will, without murmuring or peevishness; opposed to pride, arrogance and refractoriness. Gal.5.
I beseech you by the meekness of Christ. 1 Cor.10.
Meekness is a grace which Jesus alone inculcated, and which no ancient philosopher seems to have understood or recommended.