piety
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Piety \Pi"e*ty\, n. [F. pi['e]t['e]; cf. It. piet[`a]; both fr.
L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See {Pious}, and cf.
{Pity}.]
1. 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.
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Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of
decaying man. --Rambler.
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2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion;
affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents,
relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
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Conferred upon me for the piety
Which to my country I was judged to have shown.
--Milton.
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Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See
{Religion}.
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from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed
resemblance to man.
The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
Judibras
from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Piety
Lat. pietas, properly honour and respect toward parents (1 Tim.
5:4). In Acts 17:23 the Greek verb is rendered "ye worship," as
applicable to God.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "piety":
Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affection, allegiance, ardor,
cant, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotion, devoutness,
docility, dutifulness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, false piety,
falseness, fealty, fervor, godliness, goody-goodiness, grace,
holiness, hypocrisy, insincerity, loyalty, mealymouthedness,
mummery, obedience, observance, oiliness, passion, pharisaicalness,
pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piousness, religionism,
religiosity, religiousness, respect, reverence, sanctimoniousness,
sanctimony, sanctity, self-righteousness, snivel, snuffle, unction,
unctuousness, veneration, zeal
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