What does Piety mean?
Definitions for Piety
ˈpaɪ ɪ tipiety
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Princeton's WordNet
piety, piousnessnoun
righteousness by virtue of being pious
Wiktionary
pietynoun
reverence and devotion to God
Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
pietynoun
similar reverence to one's parents and family
pietynoun
a devout act or thought
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pietynoun
Etymology: pietas, Lat. pieté, Fr.
What piety, pity, fortitude did Æneas possess beyond his companions? Henry Peacham, on Poetry.
’Till future infancy, baptiz’d by thee,
Grow ripe in years, and old in piety. Matthew Prior.There be who faith prefer and piety to God. John Milton.
Wikipedia
Piety
In spiritual terminology, piety is a virtue which may include religious devotion, spirituality, or a mixture of both. A common element in most conceptions of piety is humility.
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piety
Piety is a quality of being religious or reverent. It involves a deep sense of commitment, loyalty, and devotion to a religion and its teachings, often displayed through actions such as regular prayer, worship, or following religious laws. It can also refer to respect or dutifulness toward parents or other authority figures.
Webster Dictionary
Pietynoun
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
Pietynoun
duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc
Wikidata
Piety
In spiritual terminology, piety is a virtue that can mean religious devotion, spirituality, or a combination of both. A common element in most conceptions of piety is humility.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Piety
pī′e-ti, n. the quality of being pious: reverence for the Deity, and desire to do His will: love and duty towards parents, friends, or country: sense of duty: dutiful conduct.—ns. Pī′etism, the doctrine and practice of the pietists; Pī′etist, one marked by strong devotional feeling: a name first applied to a sect of German religious reformers of deep devotional feeling (end of 17th century).—adjs. Pietist′ic, -al. [Fr. piété—L. pietas.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
piety
1. The tinfoil of pretense. 2. That feeling of reverence we have toward the Almighty on account of His supposed resemblance to ourselves.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PIETY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Piety is ranked #74141 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Piety surname appeared 261 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Piety.
92.3% or 241 total occurrences were White.
5.3% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Piety in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Piety in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Piety in a Sentence
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, 1924:
Pathos, piety, courage, — they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.
The echo began in some indescribable way to undermine her hold on life. Coming at a moment when she chanced to be fatigued, it had managed to murmur, 'Pathos, piety, courage -- they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.'
My plan of instruction is extremely simple and limited. They learn, on week-days, such coarse works as may fit them for servants. I allow of no writing for the poor. My object is not to make fanatics, but to train up the lower classes in habits of industry and piety.
The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
Whosoever hath not knowledge, and benevolence, and piety knoweth nothing of reality, and dwelleth only in semblance.
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- اسلام, بر, تقوى, تقىArabic
- pietatCatalan, Valencian
- zbožnostCzech
- Pietät, Fr, FrömmigkeitGerman
- ευσέβεια, σεβασμόςGreek
- piedadSpanish
- kunnioitus, hurskausFinnish
- piétéFrench
- crábhadh, cráifeachtIrish
- cràbhadhScottish Gaelic
- craueeaghtManx
- vallásosság, áhitatHungarian
- kesalehanIndonesian
- pietàItalian
- אדיקותHebrew
- 敬愛, 篤信Japanese
- 경건Korean
- pietatem,Latin
- pietāteLatvian
- vroomheidDutch
- fromhetNorwegian
- pobożnośćPolish
- piedadePortuguese
- evlavie, pietateRomanian
- набожность, благочестиеRussian
- lòng mộ đạoVietnamese
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