pious
adjective
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
piousness
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a word derived from
pious.
Example Sentences
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Yet, in baritone Michael Chioldi’s Seattle debut, his sadism wrapped in performative piousness is eerily familiar.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
Silence itself is often linked with piousness and a kind of dignified reserve.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 9, 2020
Bucar notes that when a culture invests so much of its identity in the appearance, in the piousness of women, it also is investing women with a cultural and social power.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2017
Hunt’s piousness was evident in the manner he was buried.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2015
Oh, laws, yes, missus, 'twas all bout piousness, and serousness, dat's de idee.
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Madeline Leslie
