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Traditional English :: piety
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piety.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the quality of being pious. 2 a pious act. [ME f. OF piet f. L pietas -tatis dutifulness (as PIOUS) ] |
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Traditional English :: pietas
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piety.html - n.
respect due to an ancestor, a forerunner, etc. [L: see PIETY] |
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Traditional English :: pietism
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piety.html - n. 1 a pious sentiment. b an exaggerated or affected piety. 2 (esp. as Pietism) hist. a movement for the revival of piety in the Lutheran Church in the 17th c. pietist n. pietistic adj. pietistical adj. [G Pietismus (as PIETY)] |
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Traditional English :: piety
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piety.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the quality of being pious. 2 a pious act. [ME f. OF piet f. L pietas -tatis dutifulness (as PIOUS) ] |
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Traditional English :: pietå
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piety.html - n. a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ on her lap or in her arms. [It. f. L (as PIETY)] |
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English Idioms :: pie
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piety.html - See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE. |
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