Meaning of PIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'pIus
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | devotional, devout, god-fearing, godly, holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, prayerful, reverent, sanctimonious, self-righteous, worshipful |
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| | Antonyms: | | impious | | |
| | See Also: | | religious, sacred, unworldly, virtuous | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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