piety
/ˈpaɪətɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the quality of being religious or reverent虔诚, 虔敬：
acts of piety and charity.
虔诚和慈善的行为。
1.1
- count noun(pl. -ies) a belief or point of view 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。
词源
early 16th cent. （in the sense 'devotion to religious observances'）： from Old French piete, from Latin pietas 'dutifulness', from pius （See PIOUS）.