pietistical
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In fact, a goodly proportion of our so-called slang is drawn from the same high source, being vinegar to the teeth of pietistical purists, but quite good enough for God.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
Nor was the general state of religion in Maryland at the time of their experiment such as to foster a profoundly pietistical community.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by Bartlett Burleigh James
When, at eighteen, I entered the university, I instantly formed a pietistical society, which behaved almost like a students' consistory.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Paul Heyse
Here you see the end of a nation which shares your pietistical aptitudes.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Henry Hewlett
So it is with a pietistical and puristical people—they will follow some stupid old bellwether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
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