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pious
[pahy-uhs]
adjective
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
Synonyms: , ,characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere.
a pious deception.
of or relating to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular.
pious literature.
having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others.
pious
/ Ė±č²¹ÉŖɲõ /
adjective
having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout
marked by reverence
marked by false reverence; sanctimonious
sacred; not secular
archaicĢżhaving or expressing devotion for one's parents or others
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- piously adverb
- piousness noun
- prepious adjective
- prepiously adverb
- pseudopious adjective
- pseudopiously adverb
- quasi-pious adjective
- quasi-piously adverb
- semipious adjective
- semipiously adverb
- semipiousness noun
- superpious adjective
- superpiously adverb
- superpiousness noun
- unpious adjective
- unpiously adverb
- Ė±č¾±“Ē³Ü²õ±ō²ā adverb
- Ė±č¾±“Ē³Ü²õ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of pious1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of pious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Secularism permeates the nationās liberal founding documents ā the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights ā even as the history of Saint-Gaudensā statue of my pious ancestor demonstrates the idealistic tenacity of religious faith.
In a double whammy to the pious, the shoes were seen as both demonic and vain and were eventually banned from London.
Al-Sharaa was referring to the fact that many Syrians, not just in the majority Sunni Muslim community, are pious.
Married life was difficult for Abida, not just because of her young age but also because of her strict, pious upbringing.
These were events when communities felt committed to a very pious way of Christianity.
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