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piety

[pahy-i-tee] / ˈpaɪ ɪ ti /


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Soo’s Bonnie sweetly embodies the excesses of a kind of progressive piety.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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

To embody the idea of filial piety to appeal to the Grand Queen Dowager, Yeon creates doenjang-guk, a traditional soybean paste stew, but adds two special ingredients: spinach and clams.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

For sure, the age of penitence, remorse and piety was well and truly over.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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