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pious

[ pahy-uhs ]

adjective

  1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
  3. practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere:

    a pious deception.

  4. of or relating to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular:

    pious literature.

  5. having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others.


pious

/ ˈ±è²¹ÉªÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout
  2. marked by reverence
  3. marked by false reverence; sanctimonious
  4. sacred; not secular
  5. archaic.
    having or expressing devotion for one's parents or others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±èŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ±èŸ±ŽÇ³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ adjective
  • pre·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ±è²õ±ð³ÜdŽÇ·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ adjective
  • pseudo·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ±ç³Ü²¹î€ÈŽŸ±-±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ adjective
  • quasi-±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ð³Ÿî€…i·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ adjective
  • semi·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • semi·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ adjective
  • super·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • super·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ adjective
  • un·±èŸ±î€ƒo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pious1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin pius, akin to ±èŸ±Äå°ù±ð “to propitiate”
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pious1

C17: from Latin pius, related to ±èŸ±Äå°ù±ð to expiate
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Secularism permeates the nation’s liberal founding documents — the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights — even as the history of Saint-Gaudens’ statue of my pious ancestor demonstrates the idealistic tenacity of religious faith.

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In a double whammy to the pious, the shoes were seen as both demonic and vain and were eventually banned from London.

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Al-Sharaa was referring to the fact that many Syrians, not just in the majority Sunni Muslim community, are pious.

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Married life was difficult for Abida, not just because of her young age but also because of her strict, pious upbringing.

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These were events when communities felt committed to a very pious way of Christianity.

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