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pious
[ pahy-uhs ]
adjective
- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
Synonyms: , ,
- characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
- 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.
- of or relating to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular:
pious literature.
- having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others.
pious
/ ˱貹ɪɲõ /
adjective
- having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout
- marked by reverence
- marked by false reverence; sanctimonious
- sacred; not secular
- archaic.having or expressing devotion for one's parents or others
Derived Forms
- ˱蟱ŽÇ³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
- ˱蟱ŽÇ³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
- ±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ±è°ù±ð·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ adjective
- pre·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
- ±è²õ±ð³Üî dŽÇ·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ adjective
- pseuî do·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
- ±ç³Ü²¹îÈŽŸ±-±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ adjective
- quaî si-±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
- ²õ±ð³Ÿî i·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ adjective
- semî i·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
- semî i·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ²õ³Üî p±ð°ù·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ adjective
- suî per·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
- suî per·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³Ü²Ô·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ adjective
- un·±èŸ±îo³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pious1
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Secularism permeates the nationâs liberal founding documents â the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights â even as the history of Saint-Gaudensâ statue of my pious ancestor demonstrates the idealistic tenacity of religious faith.
In a double whammy to the pious, the shoes were seen as both demonic and vain and were eventually banned from London.
Al-Sharaa was referring to the fact that many Syrians, not just in the majority Sunni Muslim community, are pious.
Married life was difficult for Abida, not just because of her young age but also because of her strict, pious upbringing.
These were events when communities felt committed to a very pious way of Christianity.
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