pious person
Example Sentences
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Yet every pious person adores that heaven and wants to get into it.
From Time Magazine Archive
All acts done by a good and pious person are good and laudable, including even the touching of the hair of a cow's tail.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
I had supposed you," he wrote in his new estate, "a very pious person, and that a large proportion of the Abolitionists were religious persons....
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry
Well—a pious person, with a prayer-book in her hand—what could she say?
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
"A pious person," suggested Razumov, with a pale smile, "would say that the hand of God has done it all."
From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph
