pious person
Example Sentences
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Yet every pious person adores that heaven and wants to get into it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frequently, instead of begging for alms, he accepted an invitation to dine with some pious person who asked the whole band of disciples and made strenuous culinary efforts.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Johanna Southcote had her votaries, and Prince Hohenlohe is still considered by many a pious person, as a vicarious instrument of divine mercy.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
"Ziyárat," a visit to a pious person or place.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
I had supposed you," he wrote in his new estate, "a very pious person, and that a large proportion of the Abolitionists were religious persons....
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry
