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noun
A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: religiosity, religionism, religiousism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: devoutness, religiousness
noun
17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious movement
History
Etymology tree English piety Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pietism From piety + -ism.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
