About The Word Pious
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What's The Definition Of Pious?
[adj] having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"
[adj] devoutly religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken Synonyms | Synonyms for Pious: devotional | devout | god-fearing | godly | holier-than-thou | pharisaic | pharisaical | pietistic | pietistical | prayerful | reverent | sanctimonious | self-righteous | worshipful Related Terms | Find terms related to Pious: adoring | affected | angelic | assured | believing | canting | certain | Christian | Christianlike | Christianly | confident | convinced | cultish | cultist | cultistic | dedicated | devoted | devout | dogmatic | doubtless | dutiful | faithful | false | fideistic | fraudulent | God-fearing | godlike | godly | good | goody | goody-goody | holier-than-thou | holy | hypocritical | impressed with | insincere | mealymouthed | mealy-mouthed | moral | oily | persuaded | pharisaic | pietistic | pistic | positive | prayerful | pretended | priestly | religious | reverent | reverential | right-minded | saintly | sanctified | sanctimonious | satisfied | secure | self-righteous | seraphic | smarmy | sniveling | sold on | solemn | spiritual | sure | Tartuffian | Tartuffish | theistic | unctuous | under the impression | undoubtful | undoubting | venerational | venerative | virtuous | worshipful See Also | religious | sacred | unworldly | virtuous Pious In Webster's Dictionary \Pi"ous\, a. [L. pius: cf. F. pieux.]
1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential;
dutiful; religious; devout; godly. ``Pious hearts.''
--Milton. ``Pious poetry.'' --Johnson.
Where was the martial brother's pious care? --Pope.
2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by
mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
Syn: Godly; devout; religious; righteous.
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