Piety



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 虔诚
• ［英］ n. 虔诚 ( dutifulness in religion; devoutness)
• ［记］ pious ( 虔诚的) 名词;
• ［同］ 参考: impious ( 不敬的)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural pieties)

• Etymology: French pieté ~, pity, from Old French, from Latin pietat-, pietas, from pius dutiful, pious
• Date: 1579
• 1. the quality or state of being pious: as
  • a. fidelity to natural obligations (as to parents)
  • b. dutifulness in religion ; devoutness
• 2. an act inspired by ~
• 3. a conventional belief or standard ; orthodoxy
• Synonyms: see fidelity

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