piety
Collocations
4ADJ.
done, famed, filial, good, natural, right
VERB + PIETY
attesting, passes, wait
PIETY + NOUN
child, deeds, gratitude, world
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
Reverence and devotion to God.
Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
patriotism as piety, when done right
A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
Those who dwell outside of Western Establishment bastions are not idiots just because they do not mouth the pieties of GASP. Some of them can write very well. There are other traditions, you know. They could write for Wikipedia, if you let them. But such true openness and genuine tolerance is unacceptable, precisely because those other traditions fail to pay exclusive homage to GASP sources, through which—Wikipedians imagine—all the benefits of global civilization flow.
A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — righteousness by virtue of being pious
- piousness
Antonyms
- impiety
- impiousness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
Wiktionarypatriotism as piety, when done right
WiktionaryThose who dwell outside of Western Establishment bastions are not idiots just because they do not mouth the pieties of GASP. Some of them can write very well. There are other traditions, you know. The
WiktionaryThere is no piety in the world which is not the result of cultivation, and which cannot be increased by the degree of care and attention bestowed upon it.
Tatoeba · #414423To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.
Tatoeba · #961407A turkey is a large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries, has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.
Tatoeba · #3149367