pious

Definition of Pious in English :

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Adjective

1. pious

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

Example Sentences:
'pious readings'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pious

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adjective

1.

having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout

2.

marked by reverence

3.

marked by false reverence; sanctimonious

4.

sacred; not secular

5. archaic

having or expressing devotion for one's parents or others

Pious

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adjective

1.

having or showing religious devotion; zealous in the performance of religious obligations

2.

springing from actual or pretended religious devotion or moral motives

3.

seemingly virtuous; affecting virtue hypocritically

4.

sacred, as distinguished from secular or profane

5. Archaic

having or showing a sense of duty and loyalty to family, friends, etc.

Pious

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adj.

1.

a. Earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; reverent or devout: a pious nun.

b. Showing or characterized by religious devotion: pious observance.

c. Expressive of or used in religious devotion; devotional: pious readings.

2.

a. Done for the benefit of others or with the intention of encouraging good: practicers of the noble lie and the pious fraud.

b. Sincere but wishful or far-fetched: a pious hope that the new method will work.

3. Self-righteous or sanctimonious: pious denunciations of sexual harassment.

4. Archaic Professing or exhibiting traditional morality; dutiful.

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