noun · countable / uncountable · rare

impiety

impiety · impieties

нечестивость, непочтительность

Pietätlosigkeit

The state of being impiousThe state of being impious.

» The priest condemned the king's actions as impiety against the gods.

Der Priester verurteilte das Vorgehen des Königs als Frevel gegen die Götter.

Meaning

3 senses

(uncountable, usually)The state of being impious.
Pietätlosigkeit
(countable, usually)An impious act.
Pietätlosigkeit
(uncountable, usually)The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
нечестивостьnečestivostʹ, непочтительностьnepočtitelʹnostʹ
unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

Examples

2 sentences

The priest condemned the king's actions as impiety against the gods.
deDer Priester verurteilte das Vorgehen des Königs als Frevel gegen die Götter. — Rovo
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His jokes about sacred things were taken as signs of impiety.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

lack of respect for a god or something sacred:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

the state of being impious:

Origin

From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pi

From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”). By surface analysis, impious + -ety.

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