Pietas

American  

[pahy-i-tas] / ˈpaɪ ɪˌtæs /

noun

1. the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.

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Pietas

A modest space with small religious paintings and sketches from the 1840s and ’50s raises the emotional pitch with amazing Lamentations and Pietas, and a Rubenesque sketch for a Crucifix.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2018

Now in this broad definition of Pietas, as reverence to sentimental law, you will find I am supported by all classical authority and use of this word.

From Val d'Arno by John Ruskin

Pietas is therefore a virtue, that of obedience to the will of God as shown in private and public life, and it herein differs from religio, which is not a virtue, but a feeling.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

Pietas ipsa sibi merces est,—godliness is great gain in itself, though it had not such sweet consequents or companions.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

For notes on the architectural history of this library, see Pietas O.

From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage

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