Definition of piety

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Piety (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..

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Sanctify :: Sanctify (v. t.) To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
Unpitousty :: Unpitousty (n.) Impiety.
Efflux :: Efflux (n.) The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety..
Piety :: Piety (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..
Pious :: Pious (a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds..
Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..
Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
Pity :: Pity (n.) Piety.
Impiety :: Impiety (n.) An impious act; an act of wickednes.
Unfeigned :: Unfeigned (a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man..
Abominate :: Abominate (v. t.) To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety..
Unpity :: Unpity (n.) Want of piety.
Gravid :: Gravid (a.) Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety..
Pious :: Pious (a.) Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
Theatine :: Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction..
Saint :: Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..
Impiety :: Impiety (n.) The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
Pietist :: Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
Embodiment :: Embodiment (n.) That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety..
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