There is no piety in the world which is not the result of cultivation, and which cannot be increased by the degree of care and attention bestowed upon it.
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Piety
//ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "piety" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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60 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εὐσέβεια noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Arabic
3 entries- بِرّ noun (reverence to one's family)
- تَقْوَى noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- تُقًى noun (devout act or thought)
Armenian
1 entries- բարեպաշտություն noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Bulgarian
1 entries- набожност noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Catalan
1 entries- pietat noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 虔誠 /虔诚 noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Czech
2 entries- nábožnost noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- zbožnost noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Dutch
1 entries- vroomheid noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Esperanto
1 entries- pieco noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Finnish
3 entries- hurskaus noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- kunnioitus noun (reverence to one's family)
- kunnioitus noun (devout act or thought)
French
1 entries- piété noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Galician
1 entries- piedade noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Georgian
2 entries- ღვთისმოსაობა noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- ღვთისმოშიშობა noun (reverence and devotion to God)
German
2 entries- Frömmigkeit noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- Pietät noun (reverence to one's family)
Greek
2 entries- ευσέβεια noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- σεβασμός noun (reverence to one's family)
Hindi
1 entries- धार्मिकता noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Hungarian
2 entries- vallásosság noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- áhítat noun (devout act or thought)
Irish
3 entries- beannaíocht noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- crábhadh noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- cráifeacht noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Italian
1 entries- pietà noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Japanese
2 entries- 敬愛 noun (reverence to one's family)
- 篤信 noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Kazakh
1 entries- құдайшылдық noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Latvian
1 entries- pietāte noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Macedonian
2 entries- благоче́стие noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- на́божност noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Manx
1 entries- craueeaght noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Marathi
1 entries- धार्मिकता noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Māori
1 entries- whakaponotanga noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Occitan
1 entries- pietat noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Polish
2 entries- bogobojność noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- pobożność noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Portuguese
1 entries- piedade noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Romanian
2 entries- evlavie noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- pietate noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Russian
2 entries- благоче́стие noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- на́божность noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धार्मिकता noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cràbhadh noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Spanish
1 entries- piedad noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Swedish
1 entries- fromhet noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Turkish
4 entries- dindarlık noun (reverence and devotion to God)
- hürmet noun (reverence to one's family)
- ihtiram noun (reverence to one's family)
- saygı noun (reverence to one's family)
Ukrainian
1 entries- набо́жність noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿרומקייט noun (reverence and devotion to God)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.
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A turkey is a large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries, has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.
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Indeed, they had never passed the grotto without leaving some token of respect. In the morning when they led their flocks to pasture, and again in the evening ere they started home, they paid worship to the Deities, and presented either a flower, a green bough, some fruit, or a libation of milk, as an offering; and this piety, as we shall see presently, had its reward.
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