piety
Reverence and devotion to GodReverence and devotion to God.
» Is this what passes for piety?
Значення
значень: 4(незлічуване)Reverence and devotion to God.
Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
Frömmigkeit
на́божностьnábožnostʹ, благоче́стиеblagočéstije
набо́жністьnabóžnistʹ
(незлічуване)Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
patriotism as piety, when done right
Pietät
(злічуване)A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
(злічуване, незлічуване)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
Приклади
речень: 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.
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мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
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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Форми
множина: pietiesСиноніми
синонімів: 1- righteousness by virtue of being pious:piousness
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антонімів: 1Спільнокореневі
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