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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I don’t find piousness and pedagogy interesting in art, and neither do children.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
Yet, in baritone Michael Chioldi’s Seattle debut, his sadism wrapped in performative piousness is eerily familiar.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
The city was then nurturing a so-called antifolk scene, which sought to dismantle some of the piousness and sanctimony of the folk revival.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
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
But the hard piousness of Cynthy Ann's face had never attracted her sympathy.
From The End of the World A Love Story by Edward Eggleston
