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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.
1.
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.

Definition 2024


meekness

meekness

English

Noun

meekness (plural meeknesses)

  1. the quality of being meek