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
La Caridad is, however, associated with Don Miguel de Ma�ara Vicentelo de Leca, Knight of Calatrava, a Don Juan of Seville, who abandoned his profligate life, and became a devout pietist.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
She was so many-sided--a reformer, teacher, pietist, politician, actress--that a true estimate of her character is difficult.
From Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo Paul Thieme
It subdues the flesh and the world, and calls down Heaven to bless the happy pietist.
