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piety 音標拼音: [p'ɑɪəti] n. 虔誠,孝行 虔誠,孝行 piety n 1: righteousness by virtue of being pious [ synonym: { piety}, { piousness}] [ ant: { impiety}, { impiousness}] Piety \ Pi" e* ty\, n. [ F. pi[' e] t[' e]; cf. It. piet[` a]; both fr. L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See { Pious}, and cf. { Pity}.] 1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service. [ 1913 Webster] Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. -- Rambler. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See { Religion}. [ 1913 Webster] 53 Moby Thesaurus words for " piety": Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affection, allegiance, ardor, cant, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, false piety, falseness, fealty, fervor, godliness, goody- goodiness, grace, holiness, hypocrisy, insincerity, loyalty, mealymouthedness, mummery, obedience, observance, oiliness, passion, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piousness, religionism, religiosity, religiousness, respect, reverence, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sanctity, self- righteousness, snivel, snuffle, unction, unctuousness, veneration, zeal
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