impiety
Collocations
3ADJ.
against
VERB + IMPIETY
signs
IMPIETY + NOUN
gods
Definitions
noun
The state of being impious.
An impious act.
[I]f the world and motion were not from Eternity, then God was Idle; were all the Aſſertions of Ariſtotle, which Theology pronounceth impieties. Which yet we need not ſtrange at from one, of whom a Father ſaith, Nec Deum coluit nec curavit [he neither worshipped nor cared for God]: […]
The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
- impiousness
Antonyms
- piety
- piousness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3[I]f the world and motion were not from Eternity, then God was Idle; were all the Aſſertions of Ariſtotle, which Theology pronounceth impieties. Which yet we need not ſtrange at from one, of whom a Fa
WiktionaryThe priest condemned the king's actions as impiety against the gods.
Tatoeba · #13575887His jokes about sacred things were taken as signs of impiety.
Tatoeba · #13575889