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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impiety \Im*pi"e*ty\ ([i^]m*p[imac]"[-e]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
{Impieties} ([i^]m*p[imac]"[-e]*t[i^]z). [L. impietas, fr.
impius impious; cf. F. impi['e]t['e]. See {Impious},
{Piety}.]
1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence
toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
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2. An impious act; an act of wickedness.
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Those impieties for the which they are now visited.
--Shak.
Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness;
profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
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