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impiety

[ im-pahy-i-tee ]

noun

, plural im·pi·e·ties.
  1. lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
  2. lack of dutifulness or respect.
  3. an impious act, practice, etc.


impiety

/ ɪmˈpaɪɪtɪ /

noun

  1. lack of reverence or proper respect for a god
  2. any lack of proper respect
  3. an impious act
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of impiety1

1300–50; Middle English impietie < Latin impietās, equivalent to impi ( us ) impious + -etās, variant, after vowels, of -itās -ity
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Example Sentences

Athenian officials charged him with impiety, convicted him and sentenced him, by some accounts to death, by others just to prison.

P.S. Bertrand Russell uses the word “impiety” in relation to luniks and further attempts and he is right.

And to them and to their base, Obama is the biggest infidel of all and Obamacare the greatest impiety.

Already Galileo began to encounter vulgar indignation which accused him of impiety.

The Stoics rebuke the impiety which is blended with sensualism, and place their hopes on virtue.

One of the ceremonies of this insane time stands unrivalled for absurdity, combined with impiety.

Some one, horrified at the impiety, said to him: "Art thou not keeping a fast?"

All must die—the great and the small: and the wish to live is an impiety.

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