The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lowliness \Low"li*ness\, n. [From Lowly.]
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The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.
Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness.
--Eph. iv. 1, -
2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from lowly + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being lowly.
Usage examples of "lowliness".
Beware lest ye suffer one another to be wrapt in veils by reason of the disputes which may, during your night, arise among you as a result of the problems ye encounter or in consideration of such matters as your loftiness or lowliness, your nearness or remoteness.
The intense life that quickened my pulses, and animated my frame, had the effect, not of drawing me into the mazes of active life, but of exalting my lowliness, and of bestowing majestic proportions on insignificant objects--I could have lived the life of a peasant in the same way--my trifling occupations were swelled into important pursuits.
In this state were we, until Thou, O most High, not forsaking our lowliness, commiserating our misery, didst come to our rescue by wonderful and secret ways.