Definition of cleanliness is next to godliness
—used to say that it is almost as important to be clean as it is to be good
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: in a clean manner
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: careful to keep clean : fastidious
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: habitually kept clean
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: immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)
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: any other considered hypothetically
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: nearest or adjacent to
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: in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding
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: on the first occasion to come
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: one that is next
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: divine
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: pious, devout
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