PIETY
\pˈa͡ɪ͡əti], \pˈaɪəti], \p_ˈaɪə_t_i]\
Definitions of PIETY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The quality of being pious: reverence for the Deity, parents, friends, or country: sense of duty: dutiful conduct.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The quality of being pious; veneration of the Supreme Being; affectionate reverence of parents or friends.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A constant sense of dependence on the Supreme Being, attended with love and reverence of Him, and a disposition to know and obey His will; reverence of parents and obedience to them, with a constant effort to preserve their honour and promote their happiness-called also filial piety.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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