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piety
/ˈpaɪəti/
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What does piety mean?
noun
- Reverence and devotion to God.
- Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
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IPA pronunciation
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The real piety and benevolence of the simple old man invested him with a temporary dignity and authority, as he spoke.
Yet they are in truth the very smallest graces compared with the grace of God and the piety of the Cross.
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He prayed as a Christian should do, with fitting reverence, and without the fear of ridicule or any ostentation of piety.
Rather we infer from his PIETY--in the beautiful Roman sense--towards tradition and association, that religion was to him in some way sacrosanct.
They found the land pleasant, and also the inhabitants thereof, who readily yielded to the influence of Abraham's humane spirit and his piety.