PIETY


Meaning of PIETY in English

[ 'pʌɪəti ]

■ noun ( plural pieties ) the quality of being pious or reverent.

↘a belief accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.

Origin

C16: from OFr. piete , from L. pietas 'dutifulness', from pius (see pious ).

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