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   piety

   /ˈpʌɪɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being religious or reverent: "acts of piety and charity" Similar devoutnessdevotionpiousnessreligiousnessreligionholinessgodlinesssanctitysanctitudesaintlinessdevotion to Godvenerationreverencefaithreligious dutyspiritualitysacrednessreligious zealfervourpietismreligiosity
   • ▪ a belief which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence: "the accepted pieties of our time" Similar dutifulnessobediencedeferencedutyrespectrespectfulnesscomplianceacquiescencetractabilitytractablenesssubmissivenesssubmissionsubservienceOpposite impiety

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘devotion to religious observances’): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas ‘dutifulness’, from pius (see pious).

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