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1. (adj.) pious
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
2. pious
characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
3. pious
practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives or for an ostensibly good object:
a pious deception.
4. pious
sacred rather than secular.
5. pious
showing due respect or regard, as for parents.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L pius, akin to piāre to propitiate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) pious
having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
"pious readings"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) pious
of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly
2. (adj) pious
practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds
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Sense: having or showing strong religious feelings, reverence for or devotion to God etc
a pious woman/attitude.
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 Afrikaans: vroom |
 Arabic: تَقي، وَرِع |
 Bulgarian: набожен |
 Brazilian: devoto |
 Czech: zbožný |
 German: fromm |
 Danish: from |
 Greek: ευσεβής |
 Spanish: pío, piadoso, devoto; bea |
 Estonian: vaga |
 Farsi: پرهیزکار |
 Finnish: hurskas |
 French: pieux |
 Hebrew: אדוק |
 Hindi: धर्मनिष्ठ |
 Croatian: pobožan |
 Hungarian: istenfélő |
 Indonesian: saleh |
 Icelandic: guðrækinn/-hræddur |
 Italian: pio |
 Japanese: 信心深い |
 Korean: 신앙심이 깊은 |
 Lithuanian: dievobaimingas |
 Latvian: dievbijīgs |
 Malay: warak |
 Dutch: vroom |
 Norwegian: from, gudfryktig |
 Polish: pobożny |
 Persian: پرهیزکار |
 Pashto: پاك، ديندار، پرهيزګار |
 Portuguese: devoto |
 Romanian: pios |
 Russian: набожный |
 Slovak: pobožný |
 Slovenian: pobožen |
 Serbian: pobožan |
 Swedish: from, gudfruktig |
 Thai: เคร่งครัดในทางศาสนา |
 Turkish: dindar, sofu |
 Taiwanese: 虔誠的 |
 Ukrainian: побожний, благочестивий |
 Urdu: نيک، دين دار |
 Vietnamese: sùng đạo |
 Chinese: 虔诚的 |
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