Piety

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  piety
       n : righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: {piousness}]
           [ant: {impiety}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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 THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  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