Piety definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PI'ETY, n. [L. pietas ... from pius, or its root, probably a contracted word.] 1. Piety in principle, is a compound of veneration or reverence of ... love of his character, or veneration accompanied with love; and piety in practice, is the exercise of these affections in obedience to his will and devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man ... 2005) n 1: righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety, piousness] [ant: impiety, impiousness] Merriam Webster's noun (plural pieties) Etymology: French pieté piety, pity, from Old French, from Latin pietat-, pietas, from ...
mount of piety definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mont de pi'et'e ... e]" [F., fr. It. monte di piet[`a] mount of piety.] One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy ... interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in ... pi['e]t['e].] A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de pi['e]t['e].
Pelican in her piety definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pelican Pel"i*can, n ... the quills and the tail greenish black. Pelican in her piety (in heraldry and symbolical art), a representation of a pelican ...
... man's accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It ... a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in ... 2. Religion, as distinct from theology, is godliness or real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties ... life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the ... man, to which true religion always influences. As distinguished from piety, religion is a high sense of moral obligation and spirit ... the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while piety, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward ...
Pietism definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PI'ETISM, n. [See Piety.] Extremely strict devotion, or affectation of piety. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion 2: exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal [syn: religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism] Merriam Webster ... 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. Derivatives: ...
... The Latin,Italian, Spanish and Portuguese languages unite pity and piety in the same word, and the word may be from ... English pite, from Anglo-French pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, pity, from pius pious Date: 13th century 1. a. sympathetic ... adv. Etymology: ME f. OF pité f. L pietas (as PIETY) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pity Pit"y, v. i. To ... OF. pit['e], piti['e], F. piti['e], L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See Pious, and cf. Piety.] 1. Piety. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. A feeling for the sufferings or ...
... beings, holiness is purity of heart or dispositions; sanctified affections; piety; moral goodness, but not perfect. We see piety and holiness ridiculed as morose singularities. 2. Sacredness; the state ... formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors. Syn: Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1 ... who, being Himself ethically holy, esteems justice, mercy and lowly piety more highly than sacrifice (Ho 6:6; Mic 6:6 ... Lambert Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Sanctity, piety, purity, devotion, devoutness, godliness, religiousness, saintliness, heavenly-mindedness. 2. Divineness ... numinousness, odor of sanctity, omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipresence, omniscience, omnisciency, otherworldliness, piety, piousness, pureness, pureness of heart, purity, righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, ...
... 1. Whining talk, pious prating, sanctimonious phrases. 2. Hypocrisy, affected piety, sham holiness. 3. Peculiar form of speech, professional parlance, partisan ... popular, bandied by the crowd. III. v. n. Whine, affect piety. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue An hypocrite, a double ... elbow, ell, empty gesture, fall, fall away, fall off, false piety, falseness, fetch about, fork, furcation, garble, gay, gibberish, gift of ... palaver, patois, patter, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phraseology, pidgin, pietism, pietisticalness, piety, piousness, pitch, play the hypocrite, ply, point, pretension, put about, put back, quoin, rake, recline, reek of piety, religionism, religiosity, render lip service, retreat, rise, round a point ...
... and of Jesus, we have an unrivaled example of filial piety, moral beauty and self-sacrificing religious devotion (Ru 1:15-18). The prayers and piety of Hannah, taking effect in the spiritual power of her ... of their sex so conspicuous in Old Testament history: devout piety, ardent patriotism, poetic fervor, political intrigue, worldly ambition, and sometimes ... Ecbatana and mother of Sarah, made her maternal love and piety conspicuous in the blessing bestowed on Tobias on the occasion ... of the early Christian centuries by their accomplishments and eminent piety. As defenders of the faith women stand side by side ...
... the heart and affections to God, with reverence, faith and piety, in religious duties, particularly in prayer and meditation; devoutness. 3 ... Webster's noun Date: 13th century 1. a. religious fervor ; piety b. an act of prayer or private worship — usually used ... Days of devotion. See under Day. Syn: Consecration; devoutness; religiousness; piety; attachment; devotedness; ardor; earnestness. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. Devotion ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Consecration, dedication. 2. Piety, religion, devoutness, religiousness, devotedness, holiness, sanctity, saintliness, godliness. 3. [Usually ... ordainment, ordination, ought, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, physical love, pietism, piety, piousness, place, popular regard, popularity, prayer, prostration, purification, purpose, purposefulness ...
... of lacking respect for a god [syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) 1 a lack of piety or reverence. 2 an act etc. showing this. Etymology: ME f. OF impieté or L impietas (as IN-(1), PIETY) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Impiety Im*pi"e*ty, n ... impius impious; cf. F. impi['e]t['e]. See Impious, Piety.] 1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. 2. An impious ...
... 1. Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion. Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin ... 2. Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters ... English Synonyms n. Hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, phariseeism, assumed piety, false piety.
... as sound or picture) Synonyms: fidelity, allegiance, fealty, loyalty, devotion, piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by ... to self-dedication < a painter's devotion to her art >. piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental < filial piety >. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 (often foll. by to) faithfulness ... patience of Job, perfection, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, piety, plodding, plugging, preciseness, precision, preoccupation, refinement, relentlessness, reliability, resolution, right ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GOD'LINESS, n. [from godly.] Piety; belief in God, and reverence for his character and laws ... l Tim.3. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant: godlessness, ungodliness ... laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety. Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv. 8 ... clean. PHRASE Easton's Bible Dictionary the whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). "It supposes ...
... to persons. 2. Dictated by reverence to God; proceeding from piety; applied to things; as pious awe; pious services of affections ... L. pius: cf. F. pieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly. ``Pious hearts.'' --Milton. ``Pious poetry ... 2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds. Syn: Godly; devout; religious; righteous ...