Piety
['paɪətɪ] or ['paɪəti]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Filial reverence.[2]. Godliness, religion, devotion, holiness, sanctity, grace.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Religion, devotion, godliness, holiness, grace, reverence, sanctity
ANT:Irreligion, impiety, ungodliness, sinfulness, profanity, hypocrisy, formalism,sanctimoniousness, phariseeism
Typist: Randall
Definition
n. the quality of being pious: reverence for the Deity and desire to do His will: love and duty towards parents friends or country: sense of duty: dutiful conduct.—ns. Pī′etism the doctrine and practice of the pietists; Pī′etist one marked by strong devotional feeling: a name first applied to a sect of German religious reformers of deep devotional feeling (end of 17th century).—adjs. Pietist′ic -al.
Typist: Pansy
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Reverence for the Supreme Being based upon His supposed resemblance to man.
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Examples
- The real piety and benevolence of the simple old man invested him with a temporary dignity and authority, as he spoke. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I don't suppose such vicarial piety will avail much, but the petitions come out of a sincere breast, from innocent lips. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You ladies go to church to learn how to get along in the world, I suppose, and your piety sheds respectability on us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is not religion--the thing is never named amongst them; theology they may discuss occasionally, but piety--never. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Of piety and impiety to gods and parents, and of murderers, there were retributions other and greater far which he described. Plato. The Republic.
- Says Lamartine of the writings of Palissy, they are real treasures of human wisdom, divine piety, and eminent genius, as well as of great simplicity, vigor, and copiousness of style. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He had vivid passions, keen feelings, but his pure honour and his artless piety were the strong charm that kept the lions couchant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The incorruptible fidelity, piety and honesty, of Uncle Tom, had more than one development, to her personal knowledge. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The best piety is to enjoy--when you can. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Were you of our faith I should know what to say--a mind so tossed can find repose but in the bosom of retreatand the punctual practice of piety. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You have only some of the best blood in England in your veins, and good principles and piety for your portion. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The only thing she did well, was what she did out of unconscious piety, the silent comforting and consoling of her father. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was written with a plain, unaffected, homely piety that I knew to be genuine, and ended with 'my duty to my ever darling'--meaning myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Come, lady of piety, it must be! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Mervin