What does pious mean?
Definitions for pious
ˈpaɪ əspi·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
pious(adj)
having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
"pious readings"
Wiktionary
pious(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
Etymology: From pius
Webster Dictionary
Pious(adj)
of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly
Pious(adj)
practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pious
pī′us, adj. showing love, affection, or respect towards parents: having reverence and love for the Deity: proceeding from religious feeling.—adv. Pī′ously, in a pious manner.—adj. Pī′ous-mind′ed, of a pious disposition. [Fr. pieux—L. pius.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pious in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of pious in a Sentence
Human history’s the most funny and yet the most tragic discovery will be the discovery of the religious people that all religions are man-made! And this childish discovery will enable the pious to make an intellectual jump in upwards direction. The devout will turn into a progressive man and the history will flow faster in the progressive direction.
An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not; your beliefs are utterly trivial beside this matter!
People in the Taliban only respect him because he is a pious man, we don't see any hope that he would agree (to) or ... convince the Taliban to accept a peace deal.
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
Our freedom is our sacred cow; no one should touch it! We must be very pious in this holy matter.
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- متدين, صالح, ورعArabic
- zbožnýCzech
- frommGerman
- ευσεβήςGreek
- piaEsperanto
- piadosoSpanish
- hurskas, tekopyhä, harras, jumalinenFinnish
- pieuxFrench
- cràbhachScottish Gaelic
- salehIndonesian
- 宗教にかこつけた, 信心深い, 偽善的な, 信心の名を借りた, 敬虔Japanese
- 신심, 경건Korean
- پهرستشKurdish
- piusLatin
- alim, salih, warakMalay
- vroomDutch
- pobożnyPolish
- pioPortuguese
- набожныйRussian
- pobožan, nabožanSerbo-Croatian
- andaktsfull, vördsam, pietistisk, pietetsfull, fromSwedish
- dindarTurkish
- 虔Chinese
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