piety
Example Sentences
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Iskander’s David is a young man whose youthful piety and heroism make him a sympathetic figure, notwithstanding the bag of cold cuts.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
The pope "wanted to see for himself what is happening in Monaco, where this movement of renewal is based on an embraced faith, and on an inclusive popular piety and devotion," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
I marveled at how those marks of piety remained, just an hour away from the Rooms hotel’s sleek pool deck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
For generations, China has relied on filial piety to fill the gaps in elderly care.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
Pietism laid great store by helping congregations find God themselves, through personal acquaintance and knowledge of the scriptures, through humility, non-confrontation and piety, through an ethos of hard work, and through education.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing piety
The Poet X
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