impious
adjective
not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
impiousness
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a word derived from
impious.
Example Sentences
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His father would stand aghast at his impiousness; his mother, class conscious as few of the under dogs are ever class conscious, would refuse to receive this girl as her daughter….
From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland
His impiousness kept pace with his growing power.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Henrietta Szold
Speakin' of impiousness," remarked that sour-faced little man, "have you all heard the tales about Reuben Merryweather's gal sence she's had her windfall?
From The Miller Of Old Church by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
With the unconscious egotism of the devotee, he felt that heaven had been avenging the impiousness of his sin.
From The Puritans by Arlo Bates
On the morning of the day before Judy's departure Blanche, who, half-packed, was still trying to make up her mind, received a letter that, with no sense of impiousness, she considered providential.
From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
