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Pietism
[ pahy-i-tiz-uhm ]
noun
- a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- the principles and practices of the Pietists.
- (lowercase) intensity of religious devotion or feeling.
- (lowercase) exaggeration or affectation of piety.
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Pietism
1/ ˈ±è²¹ÉªÉªËŒ³Ùɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- history a reform movement in the German Lutheran Churches during the 17th and 18th centuries that strove to renew the devotional ideal
pietism
2/ ˈ±è²¹ÉªÉªËŒ³Ùɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- a less common word for piety
- excessive, exaggerated, or affected piety or saintliness
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Derived Forms
- ˈ±Ê¾±±ð³Ù¾±²õ³Ù, noun
- ËŒ±è¾±±ðˈ³Ù¾±²õ³Ù¾±³¦, adjective
- ˈ±è¾±±ð³Ù¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±Ê¾±î€½Ä·³Ù¾±²õ³Ù noun
- ±è¾±î€…e·³Ù¾±²õt¾±³¦ ±è¾±î€…e·³Ù¾±²õt¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô adjective
- ±è¾±î€…e·³Ù¾±²õt¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·ly adverb
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The difference was that he could not imagine finding that experience within Pietism.
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His faith was grounded in personal Pietism, a doctrine that ignored the political origins of injustice.
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Though he might not have recognised the label, Bach’s faith falls within the movement known as German Pietism, which reached its high-water mark in his lifetime.
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Amid the religious movements of the beginning of the century Pietism gained a decided advantage.
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In 1746 the reign of Pietism came to an end on the death of Christian VI.
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