PIETISM


Meaning of PIETISM in English

— Pietist , n. — pietistic, pietistical , adj. — pietistically , adv.

/puy"i tiz'euhm/ , n.

1. a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.

2. the principles and practices of the Pietists.

3. ( l.c. ) intensity of religious devotion or feeling.

4. ( l.c. ) exaggeration or affectation of piety.

[ 1690-1700; Pietismus piet ( as ) PIETY + G -ismus -ISM ]

Syn. 4. sanctimony.

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