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pietism

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pi=e=tism

CIDE DICTIONARY

pietismn. [Cf. G. pietismus, F. piétisme.].
  •  The principle or practice of the Pietists.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion.  [1913 Webster]
    "The Schöne Seele, that ideal of gentle pietism, in “Wilhelm Meister.”"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pietism, n.
1 a pious sentiment. b an exaggerated or affected piety.
2 (esp. as Pietism) hist. a movement for the revival of piety in the Lutheran Church in the 17th c.

Derivative
pietist n. pietistic adj. pietistical adj.
Etymology
G Pietismus (as PIETY)

ROGET THESAURUS

pietism

Impiety

N impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.


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