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
That contrast runs through the show, in ways that are a welcome change from the genre’s frequent characteristics: piousness, fear mongering, lazy stereotyping.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
Turnstile, a five-piece Maryland band, are not precious about a genre typically known for its rigidity and piousness.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 12, 2018
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
There ain't no piousness stickin' out on him fer folks to hang their hat on, neither.
From The Gold Girl by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
