godliness (n.)
- awfulness
- blessedness
- deity
- divinity
- godhead
- goodness
- holiness
- morale
- morality
- otherworldliness
- probity
- pureness
- purity
- rectitude
- righteousness
- sacredness
- sainthood
- saintliness
- sanctitude
- sanctity
- spirituality
- venerability
- venerableness
- virtue
- virtuousness
Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee!
. . . . .
Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart:
So didst thou travel on life's common way
In cheerful godliness.
Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness."