piety
Reverence and devotion to GodReverence and devotion to God.
» Is this what passes for piety?
Значение
значений: 4(неисчисляемое)Reverence and devotion to God.
Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
Frömmigkeit
на́божностьnábožnostʹ, благоче́стиеblagočéstije
набо́жністьnabóžnistʹ
(неисчисляемое)Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
patriotism as piety, when done right
Pietät
(исчисляемое)A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
He was quick with the pieties about hard work, honest communication, active listening, and respecting others' viewpoints, but walking the walk is different from talking the talk.
- righteousness by virtue of being pious
Примеры
предложений: 7Is this what passes for piety?
Piety is the child of ignorance.
Piety is the beginning of wisdom.
To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.
The child is father of the man; and I could wish my days to be bound each to each by natural piety.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See alsoFrom Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety.
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Формы
мн. число: pietiesСинонимы
синонимов: 1- righteousness by virtue of being pious:piousness
Антонимы
антонимов: 1Однокоренные
связанных слов: 7Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым