Pietist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A supporter of pietism.
"What a commentary on our professional piety as a people and our pretence to morality as a city, when there can exist and flourish in our midst, right under the noses of priest, person, police and platitudinising pietist such a RED-HOT HELL HOLE as the specimen one into whose sultry recesses the scribes had made their way by means of a little mild deception."
- 2 Alternative form of pietist. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"What a commentary on our professional piety as a people and our pretence to morality as a city, when there can exist and flourish in our midst, right under the noses of priest, person, police and platitudinising pietist such a RED-HOT HELL HOLE as the specimen one into whose sultry recesses the scribes had made their way by means of a little mild deception."
Etymology
From piety + -ist.
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