pietist

Example Sentences

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Dr Ganiel said "pietist" evangelicals - those who had decided that the world of politics was simply too grubby for Christians to take part in - could be reinforced by Mrs Robinson's demise.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010

No mere filial pietist, he wrote a biography of his father that might stand as a monument to the "old" diplomacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Have you been to such a—I had nearly written silent—concert, in a Norwegian coast town of somewhat pietist savour?

From The Bridal March; One Day by Gosse, Edmund

Ritschl had seen much of mysticism in pietist circles.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

In their lively minds she reawakened the age-old issue between artist and pietist.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington