piety
noun
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations.
pieties
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pluralof piety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Much of the public wanted a different take on war - and one that challenged solemn pieties at the heart of Official Remembrance.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
“Punch” could easily have become a bog of pieties and earnest, uplifting lessons about the necessity of forgiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
In a resonant pre-internet illustration of this thesis, the mayor’s infuriating hypocrisy, cloaked in communal concern and democratic pieties, drives Dr. Stockmann, a man of reason, into an irrational frenzy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Bakewell describes how he “trashes all the humanistic pieties on the subject of reading,” defending, for example, the right to unapologetically toss a dull book aside.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
She had little patience for Ginikas friends, most of whom were like that, their righteousness made her feel both irritated and lacking, but she was prepared to forgive Blaine's pieties.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
