English Explanatory Dictionary

cleanliness is next to godliness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. It is important and morally sound to keep one's body and home clean; those who practice purity and wholeness are close to God.

Word forms

cleanliness is next to godliness

Etymology

First recorded in a sermon by John Wesley in 1778.

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