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Dr Ganiel said "pietist" evangelicals - those who had decided that the world of politics was simply too grubby for Christians to take part in - could be reinforced by Mrs Robinson's demise.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010

No mere filial pietist, he wrote a biography of his father that might stand as a monument to the "old" diplomacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was so many-sided—a reformer, teacher, pietist, politician, actress—that a true estimate of her character is difficult.

From Women of Modern France by Thieme, Hugo P. (Hugo Paul)

Things then took a turn with him, and from a poor persecuted pietist he became a close client of Royalty, and almost the chief of court favorites in an age of favoritism.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

Rhetorician, philosopher and man of science, a story-teller wavering between Boccaccio and Hans Andersen, he is above all a stylist, a pietist and a humorist.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)