Pietas

[ pahy-i-tas ]

/ ˈpaɪ ɪˌtæs /

the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.

QUIZZES

Do you remember all the words from last week, September 21–27, 2020? Then this quiz should be butyraceous.

Question 1 of 7

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Blending with this notion of 'pietas,' we find the Platonic repudiation of sensuous and material life.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VI (of 8)|William Wordsworth
This pietas Tewkesburiensis still survives, as flowers are annually laid upon the site of the grave.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury|H. J. L. J. Mass
See the following extract from the colloquy of Erasmus, Pietas puerilis, edition Argent.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm
Pietas is Virgil's word for religion, as it had been Cicero's in his more exalted moments.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People|W. Warde Fowler

Pietas has the religious note which the other words lack, loving dutifulness to gods and home and country.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8|Various