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Piety

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Noun
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pi=e=ty

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Piety has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Pietyn. [F. piété; cf. It. pietà; both fr. L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See Pious, and cf. Pity.].
  •  Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.  [1913 Webster]
    "Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.  [1913 Webster]
    "Conferred upon me for the piety
    Which to my country I was judged to have shown.
    "  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See Religion.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Piety, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the quality of being pious.
2 a pious act.

Etymology
ME f. OF piet{eacute} f. L pietas -tatis dutifulness (as PIOUS)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Piety

n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man.


The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
Judibras

THESAURUS

Piety

Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affection, allegiance, ardor, cant, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, false piety, falseness, fealty, fervor, godliness, goody-goodiness, grace, holiness, hypocrisy, insincerity, loyalty, mealymouthedness, mummery, obedience, observance, oiliness, passion, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piousness, religionism, religiosity, religiousness, respect, reverence, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sanctity, self-righteousness, snivel, snuffle, unction, unctuousness, veneration, zeal

ROGET THESAURUS

Piety

Piety

N piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

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