Pietism

Pecuniary profit he had never sought, and its pursuit he scorned.196 His views were dynamico-organic, pietistic, and antagonistic.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
As long as the work was mostly in country villages the preaching was naturally of the Pietistic type.
History of the Moravian Church|J. E. Hutton
It shows that there is some individuality developed among them, and that they will not become too exclusively pietistic.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864|Various
High office could only be acquired by becoming a servile instrument of the pietistic party, which was headed by the king.
The Prussian Terror|Alexandre Dumas

He never stooped to pietistic clap-trap, or chanted the jaunty chauvinism that has so often caused the Hoosier stars to blink.
Atlantic Classics|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Pietism (1 of 2)

pietism

/ (ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm) /

noun

a less common word for piety

excessive, exaggerated, or affected piety or saintliness

Derived forms of pietism

pietist, nounpietistic or pietistical, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for Pietism (2 of 2)

Pietism

/ (ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm) /

noun

history a reform movement in the German Lutheran Churches during the 17th and 18th centuries that strove to renew the devotional ideal

Derived forms of Pietism

Pietist, noun

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