Definition of piety in English:

piety

nounPlural pieties ˈpʌɪətiˈpaɪədi

mass noun

1The quality of being religious or reverent.
虔诚，虔敬
acts of piety and charity
虔诚和慈善的行为。
Example sentencesExamples
- Once there was devotion, piety, fervor, religion, holy priests, purity of heart.
- His religious piety, even his self-critique, seems sincere here.
- They take advantage of the sentiments of people who think they are doing an act of piety and charity at the same time.
- ‘I'm not doing it out of any sense of religious piety or anything,’ Megan explained.
- True spirituality does not vest in any one religion or form of piety, it is to be found in the least expected of places.
- The strain of keeping up the appearance of piety while lacking all religious conviction helped to turn him into a querulous hypochondriac whom it was difficult for his wife and son to love or respect.
- Machiavelli certainly exaggerated when he observed in The Prince that, ‘owing to the bad example set by the Court of Rome, Italy has lost all piety and religion’.
- Although wealth is often inversely related to religious piety, the dissatisfaction amidst great wealth reveals a spiritual void that wealth cannot fill.
- This follows the view that ‘useful ‘knowledge is that which enhances religious piety.’
- The former have been religions of piety with a strong tendency to deny reason.
- Of course, I don't mind because this was the surest way of curing me of any religious piety.
- Independent political inactivity now went hand in hand with religious quietism and piety.
- Commemorating the Crib means passing on the history of popular piety and religiosity.
- An atmosphere of piety and religious fervour permeated the building, as the Catholics, many of whom had taken time off from work, gathered in front of a large photo of the Pope placed on the altar.
- The Italian-inspired architecture of the baroque period reflects a combination of religious piety and worldly opulence.
- This was one act of religious piety that did not convey anger, but deepened communal solidarity.
- It also appeals to the emotion in a very direct way and gives us an insight into Bach's own personal religious piety.
- Most authors gave consistent coverage of themes, with the exception of lay religious piety and practice.
- The unintended but inevitable outcome of this religious subjectivism was the separation of religious piety from secular learning.
- Superstition more than prayer and piety characterized popular religiosity there.
Synonyms
devoutness, devotion, piousness, religiousness, religion, holiness, godliness, sanctity, sanctitude, saintliness, devotion to God, veneration, reverence, faith, religious duty, spirituality, sacredness, religious zeal, fervour, pietism, religiosity
1. 1.1count noun A belief which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.
  虔诚信念；虔诚观点
  the accepted pieties of our time
  我们这个时代普遍认可的虔诚信念。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You remember the good times, the pieties you observed around one another.
  It mocks our pieties, it doubts our concern, it questions our commitment.
  The characters remained self-absorbed, oblivious to conventional morality or the pieties of political correctness.
  Jotted down, her words are broken, repetitive, a string of conventional pieties.
  For all the pieties that the press and television are merely objective observers of the political pageant, this is the moment when coverage decisions can affect the outcome.
  Instead, a ‘good citizen’ is someone who will stand up for conventional wisdom and affirm the pieties of the status quo.
  Speech returned, haltingly, in two guises: information from the inferno and pieties from the government.
  The pretensions and pieties of national leaders merit an outpouring of derision and scorn.
  The result, drawn from their words and the journals of company members, is affecting advocacy theatre: while sometimes overly earnest, it never falls into abstract pieties.
  Since then, the big guys have issued a running series of paper promises and formal commitments, none of which amounted to more than empty pieties.
  And for so long the pieties, dogmas, and set of assumptions being taught on college campuses have been found on the far left.
  Where two pieties - feminism and multiculturalism - come into conflict, the only way of preserving both is an indecent silence.
  Coming of age just after the Second World War, he was too old to be a child of the 1960s, but too young to accept the pieties his parents might have taken for granted.
  She doesn't care what anybody thinks is appropriate behavior, or which topics are just not talked about, or about the liberal pieties, she snarls right back.
  These may sound like the conventional pieties.
  There is no need to pay excessive deference to the political pieties and givens of the region.
  This flies in the face of centuries of pieties about the power of literature.
  Nationalists do not like us to question their pieties, especially their essentialism and attempt to justify the nation as always necessary and always right.
  In Ireland the pieties of the old culture remained in place.
  The hard-bitten cynic and skeptic smiles with inward pride when his friends chuckle over his well-wrought and ironic disdain for conventional pieties.
  Synonyms
  dutifulness, obedience, deference, duty, respect, respectfulness, compliance, acquiescence, tractability, tractableness
  submissiveness, submission, subservience

Origin

Early 16th century (in the sense 'devotion to religious observances'): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas 'dutifulness', from pius (see pious).

pity from Middle English:
Latin pius meant ‘pious’(Late Middle English) but had a wider range of meanings than the word does in modern English, to include a wide range of moral qualities from being dutiful to your parents to being loyal, affectionate, compassionate, and kind. The Latin noun was pietas, and this, via French, became both pity and piety (originally used in the same sense as ‘pity’), both Middle English. Pietas also developed a medieval Latin form pitantia, which meant ‘a charitable donation’ and the meagre daily dole of food given out to monks and also to paupers. From this comes Middle English pittance.

Rhymes

anxiety, contrariety, dubiety, impiety, impropriety, inebriety, notoriety, satiety, sobriety, ubiety, variety

Definition of piety in US English:

piety

nounˈpīədēˈpaɪədi

1The quality of being religious or reverent.
虔诚，虔敬
acts of piety and charity
虔诚和慈善的行为。
Example sentencesExamples
- Most authors gave consistent coverage of themes, with the exception of lay religious piety and practice.
- Machiavelli certainly exaggerated when he observed in The Prince that, ‘owing to the bad example set by the Court of Rome, Italy has lost all piety and religion’.
- Of course, I don't mind because this was the surest way of curing me of any religious piety.
- Once there was devotion, piety, fervor, religion, holy priests, purity of heart.
- This follows the view that ‘useful ‘knowledge is that which enhances religious piety.’
- The unintended but inevitable outcome of this religious subjectivism was the separation of religious piety from secular learning.
- An atmosphere of piety and religious fervour permeated the building, as the Catholics, many of whom had taken time off from work, gathered in front of a large photo of the Pope placed on the altar.
- The strain of keeping up the appearance of piety while lacking all religious conviction helped to turn him into a querulous hypochondriac whom it was difficult for his wife and son to love or respect.
- True spirituality does not vest in any one religion or form of piety, it is to be found in the least expected of places.
- It also appeals to the emotion in a very direct way and gives us an insight into Bach's own personal religious piety.
- Commemorating the Crib means passing on the history of popular piety and religiosity.
- This was one act of religious piety that did not convey anger, but deepened communal solidarity.
- ‘I'm not doing it out of any sense of religious piety or anything,’ Megan explained.
- Although wealth is often inversely related to religious piety, the dissatisfaction amidst great wealth reveals a spiritual void that wealth cannot fill.
- Independent political inactivity now went hand in hand with religious quietism and piety.
- Superstition more than prayer and piety characterized popular religiosity there.
- The former have been religions of piety with a strong tendency to deny reason.
- They take advantage of the sentiments of people who think they are doing an act of piety and charity at the same time.
- The Italian-inspired architecture of the baroque period reflects a combination of religious piety and worldly opulence.
- His religious piety, even his self-critique, seems sincere here.
Synonyms
devoutness, devotion, piousness, religiousness, religion, holiness, godliness, sanctity, sanctitude, saintliness, devotion to god, veneration, reverence, faith, religious duty, spirituality, sacredness, religious zeal, fervour, pietism, religiosity
1. 1.1 A belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.
  虔诚信念；虔诚观点
  the accepted pieties of our time
  我们这个时代普遍认可的虔诚信念。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Where two pieties - feminism and multiculturalism - come into conflict, the only way of preserving both is an indecent silence.
  It mocks our pieties, it doubts our concern, it questions our commitment.
  And for so long the pieties, dogmas, and set of assumptions being taught on college campuses have been found on the far left.
  Jotted down, her words are broken, repetitive, a string of conventional pieties.
  Speech returned, haltingly, in two guises: information from the inferno and pieties from the government.
  The result, drawn from their words and the journals of company members, is affecting advocacy theatre: while sometimes overly earnest, it never falls into abstract pieties.
  The pretensions and pieties of national leaders merit an outpouring of derision and scorn.
  The hard-bitten cynic and skeptic smiles with inward pride when his friends chuckle over his well-wrought and ironic disdain for conventional pieties.
  Since then, the big guys have issued a running series of paper promises and formal commitments, none of which amounted to more than empty pieties.
  In Ireland the pieties of the old culture remained in place.
  The characters remained self-absorbed, oblivious to conventional morality or the pieties of political correctness.
  These may sound like the conventional pieties.
  There is no need to pay excessive deference to the political pieties and givens of the region.
  This flies in the face of centuries of pieties about the power of literature.
  You remember the good times, the pieties you observed around one another.
  For all the pieties that the press and television are merely objective observers of the political pageant, this is the moment when coverage decisions can affect the outcome.
  Coming of age just after the Second World War, he was too old to be a child of the 1960s, but too young to accept the pieties his parents might have taken for granted.
  Nationalists do not like us to question their pieties, especially their essentialism and attempt to justify the nation as always necessary and always right.
  Instead, a ‘good citizen’ is someone who will stand up for conventional wisdom and affirm the pieties of the status quo.
  She doesn't care what anybody thinks is appropriate behavior, or which topics are just not talked about, or about the liberal pieties, she snarls right back.
  Synonyms
  dutifulness, obedience, deference, duty, respect, respectfulness, compliance, acquiescence, tractability, tractableness

Origin

Early 16th century (in the sense ‘devotion to religious observances’): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas ‘dutifulness’, from pius (see pious).

单词	piety
释义	Definition of piety in English: piety nounPlural pieties ˈpʌɪətiˈpaɪədi mass noun 1The quality of being religious or reverent. 虔诚，虔敬 acts of piety and charity 虔诚和慈善的行为。 Example sentencesExamples Once there was devotion, piety, fervor, religion, holy priests, purity of heart. His religious piety, even his self-critique, seems sincere here. They take advantage of the sentiments of people who think they are doing an act of piety and charity at the same time. ‘I'm not doing it out of any sense of religious piety or anything,’ Megan explained. True spirituality does not vest in any one religion or form of piety, it is to be found in the least expected of places. The strain of keeping up the appearance of piety while lacking all religious conviction helped to turn him into a querulous hypochondriac whom it was difficult for his wife and son to love or respect. Machiavelli certainly exaggerated when he observed in The Prince that, ‘owing to the bad example set by the Court of Rome, Italy has lost all piety and religion’. Although wealth is often inversely related to religious piety, the dissatisfaction amidst great wealth reveals a spiritual void that wealth cannot fill. This follows the view that ‘useful ‘knowledge is that which enhances religious piety.’ The former have been religions of piety with a strong tendency to deny reason. Of course, I don't mind because this was the surest way of curing me of any religious piety. Independent political inactivity now went hand in hand with religious quietism and piety. Commemorating the Crib means passing on the history of popular piety and religiosity. An atmosphere of piety and religious fervour permeated the building, as the Catholics, many of whom had taken time off from work, gathered in front of a large photo of the Pope placed on the altar. The Italian-inspired architecture of the baroque period reflects a combination of religious piety and worldly opulence. This was one act of religious piety that did not convey anger, but deepened communal solidarity. It also appeals to the emotion in a very direct way and gives us an insight into Bach's own personal religious piety. Most authors gave consistent coverage of themes, with the exception of lay religious piety and practice. The unintended but inevitable outcome of this religious subjectivism was the separation of religious piety from secular learning. Superstition more than prayer and piety characterized popular religiosity there. Synonyms devoutness, devotion, piousness, religiousness, religion, holiness, godliness, sanctity, sanctitude, saintliness, devotion to God, veneration, reverence, faith, religious duty, spirituality, sacredness, religious zeal, fervour, pietism, religiosity 1.1count noun A belief which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence. 虔诚信念；虔诚观点 the accepted pieties of our time 我们这个时代普遍认可的虔诚信念。 Example sentencesExamples You remember the good times, the pieties you observed around one another. It mocks our pieties, it doubts our concern, it questions our commitment. The characters remained self-absorbed, oblivious to conventional morality or the pieties of political correctness. Jotted down, her words are broken, repetitive, a string of conventional pieties. For all the pieties that the press and television are merely objective observers of the political pageant, this is the moment when coverage decisions can affect the outcome. Instead, a ‘good citizen’ is someone who will stand up for conventional wisdom and affirm the pieties of the status quo. Speech returned, haltingly, in two guises: information from the inferno and pieties from the government. The pretensions and pieties of national leaders merit an outpouring of derision and scorn. The result, drawn from their words and the journals of company members, is affecting advocacy theatre: while sometimes overly earnest, it never falls into abstract pieties. Since then, the big guys have issued a running series of paper promises and formal commitments, none of which amounted to more than empty pieties. And for so long the pieties, dogmas, and set of assumptions being taught on college campuses have been found on the far left. Where two pieties - feminism and multiculturalism - come into conflict, the only way of preserving both is an indecent silence. Coming of age just after the Second World War, he was too old to be a child of the 1960s, but too young to accept the pieties his parents might have taken for granted. She doesn't care what anybody thinks is appropriate behavior, or which topics are just not talked about, or about the liberal pieties, she snarls right back. These may sound like the conventional pieties. There is no need to pay excessive deference to the political pieties and givens of the region. This flies in the face of centuries of pieties about the power of literature. Nationalists do not like us to question their pieties, especially their essentialism and attempt to justify the nation as always necessary and always right. In Ireland the pieties of the old culture remained in place. The hard-bitten cynic and skeptic smiles with inward pride when his friends chuckle over his well-wrought and ironic disdain for conventional pieties. Synonyms dutifulness, obedience, deference, duty, respect, respectfulness, compliance, acquiescence, tractability, tractableness submissiveness, submission, subservience Origin Early 16th century (in the sense 'devotion to religious observances'): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas 'dutifulness', from pius (see pious). pity from Middle English: Latin pius meant ‘pious’(Late Middle English) but had a wider range of meanings than the word does in modern English, to include a wide range of moral qualities from being dutiful to your parents to being loyal, affectionate, compassionate, and kind. The Latin noun was pietas, and this, via French, became both pity and piety (originally used in the same sense as ‘pity’), both Middle English. Pietas also developed a medieval Latin form pitantia, which meant ‘a charitable donation’ and the meagre daily dole of food given out to monks and also to paupers. From this comes Middle English pittance. Rhymes anxiety, contrariety, dubiety, impiety, impropriety, inebriety, notoriety, satiety, sobriety, ubiety, variety Definition of piety in US English: piety nounˈpīədēˈpaɪədi 1The quality of being religious or reverent. 虔诚，虔敬 acts of piety and charity 虔诚和慈善的行为。 Example sentencesExamples Most authors gave consistent coverage of themes, with the exception of lay religious piety and practice. Machiavelli certainly exaggerated when he observed in The Prince that, ‘owing to the bad example set by the Court of Rome, Italy has lost all piety and religion’. Of course, I don't mind because this was the surest way of curing me of any religious piety. Once there was devotion, piety, fervor, religion, holy priests, purity of heart. This follows the view that ‘useful ‘knowledge is that which enhances religious piety.’ The unintended but inevitable outcome of this religious subjectivism was the separation of religious piety from secular learning. An atmosphere of piety and religious fervour permeated the building, as the Catholics, many of whom had taken time off from work, gathered in front of a large photo of the Pope placed on the altar. The strain of keeping up the appearance of piety while lacking all religious conviction helped to turn him into a querulous hypochondriac whom it was difficult for his wife and son to love or respect. True spirituality does not vest in any one religion or form of piety, it is to be found in the least expected of places. It also appeals to the emotion in a very direct way and gives us an insight into Bach's own personal religious piety. Commemorating the Crib means passing on the history of popular piety and religiosity. This was one act of religious piety that did not convey anger, but deepened communal solidarity. ‘I'm not doing it out of any sense of religious piety or anything,’ Megan explained. Although wealth is often inversely related to religious piety, the dissatisfaction amidst great wealth reveals a spiritual void that wealth cannot fill. Independent political inactivity now went hand in hand with religious quietism and piety. Superstition more than prayer and piety characterized popular religiosity there. The former have been religions of piety with a strong tendency to deny reason. They take advantage of the sentiments of people who think they are doing an act of piety and charity at the same time. The Italian-inspired architecture of the baroque period reflects a combination of religious piety and worldly opulence. His religious piety, even his self-critique, seems sincere here. Synonyms devoutness, devotion, piousness, religiousness, religion, holiness, godliness, sanctity, sanctitude, saintliness, devotion to god, veneration, reverence, faith, religious duty, spirituality, sacredness, religious zeal, fervour, pietism, religiosity 1.1 A belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence. 虔诚信念；虔诚观点 the accepted pieties of our time 我们这个时代普遍认可的虔诚信念。 Example sentencesExamples Where two pieties - feminism and multiculturalism - come into conflict, the only way of preserving both is an indecent silence. It mocks our pieties, it doubts our concern, it questions our commitment. And for so long the pieties, dogmas, and set of assumptions being taught on college campuses have been found on the far left. Jotted down, her words are broken, repetitive, a string of conventional pieties. Speech returned, haltingly, in two guises: information from the inferno and pieties from the government. The result, drawn from their words and the journals of company members, is affecting advocacy theatre: while sometimes overly earnest, it never falls into abstract pieties. The pretensions and pieties of national leaders merit an outpouring of derision and scorn. The hard-bitten cynic and skeptic smiles with inward pride when his friends chuckle over his well-wrought and ironic disdain for conventional pieties. Since then, the big guys have issued a running series of paper promises and formal commitments, none of which amounted to more than empty pieties. In Ireland the pieties of the old culture remained in place. The characters remained self-absorbed, oblivious to conventional morality or the pieties of political correctness. These may sound like the conventional pieties. There is no need to pay excessive deference to the political pieties and givens of the region. This flies in the face of centuries of pieties about the power of literature. You remember the good times, the pieties you observed around one another. For all the pieties that the press and television are merely objective observers of the political pageant, this is the moment when coverage decisions can affect the outcome. Coming of age just after the Second World War, he was too old to be a child of the 1960s, but too young to accept the pieties his parents might have taken for granted. Nationalists do not like us to question their pieties, especially their essentialism and attempt to justify the nation as always necessary and always right. Instead, a ‘good citizen’ is someone who will stand up for conventional wisdom and affirm the pieties of the status quo. She doesn't care what anybody thinks is appropriate behavior, or which topics are just not talked about, or about the liberal pieties, she snarls right back. Synonyms dutifulness, obedience, deference, duty, respect, respectfulness, compliance, acquiescence, tractability, tractableness Origin Early 16th century (in the sense ‘devotion to religious observances’): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas ‘dutifulness’, from pius (see pious).
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