PIETY DEFINITIONS - 14 definitions found
piety n 1: righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety, piousness] [ant: impiety, impiousness] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) piety noun (plural pieties) Etymology: French pieté piety, pity, from Old French, from Latin pietat-, pietas, from pius dutiful, pious Date: 1579 1. the quality or state of being pious: as a. fidelity to natural obligations (as to parents) b. dutifulness in religion ; devoutness 2. an act inspired by piety 3. a conventional belief or standard ; orthodoxy Synonyms: see fidelity Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary piety Piety is strong religious belief, or behaviour that is religious or morally correct. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary piety ˈpaɪətɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 the quality of being pious. 2 a pious act. [ME f. OF piet÷ f. L pietas -tatis dutifulness (as PIOUS)] English-Old English dictionary piety Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Piety Why should not piety be made, As well as equity, a trade, And men get money by devotion, As well as making of a motion? BUTLER: Misc. Thoughts, Line 295. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. --Rambler. 2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc. Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. --Milton. Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See Religion. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia PIETY pi'-e-ti: Only in 1Ti 5:4: "Let them learn first to show piety toward their own family," where "let them show piety" represents a single Greek verb (eusebeo), in its only other occurrence (Ac 17:23) being rendered "worship." In Elizabethan English "piety" (like the Latin pietas) could be used of devotion to one's parents (as still in the phrase "filial piety"), as well as of devotion to God. Hence, there is no explicit statement here that filial devotion is one form of divine worship. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms piety n. 1. Filial reverence. 2. Godliness, religion, devotion, holiness, sanctity, grace. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) piety ˈpaɪətɪ n. 1 devotion, devotedness, respect, deference, dedication, dutifulness, loyalty, affection: In filial piety he hung the painting of his parents prominently over the mantelpiece. 2 piousness, reverence, veneration, devoutness, holiness, godliness, pietism, devotedness, devotion, observance, religiousness, grace, sanctity: His life of piety had marked him out as a likely candidate for sainthood. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 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 |
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