Pietas
Americannoun
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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
Also, in the same year, the Dutch confiscated a Courland ship called the Pietas for trespassing on Dutch territory.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
Pietas has the religious note which the other words lack, loving dutifulness to gods and home and country.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
In 1627 he published Locustae, vel Pietas Jesuitica.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
At Pola the monuments of Pietas Julia claim the first place; the basilica, tho' not without a certain special interest, comes long after them.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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