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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-piety.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pieties [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪɪti Etymology: From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|piete}} Middle English piete, {{der|en|frm|pieté}} Middle French pieté, {{der|en|la|pietās}} Latin pietās, {{doublet|en|pietà|pity|notext=1}} pietà and pity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} piety (countable and uncountable, plural pieties)
  1. (uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Translations (reverence and devotion to God): εὐσέβεια (eusébeia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَقْوَى (taqwā) (Arabic), բարեպաշտություն (barepaštutʻyun) (Armenian), набожност (nabožnost) (Bulgarian), pietat [feminine] (Catalan), 虔誠 (Chinese Mandarin), 虔诚 (qiánchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), zbožnost [feminine] (Czech), vroomheid (Dutch), pieco (Esperanto), hurskaus (Finnish), piété [feminine] (French), piedade [feminine] (Galician), ღვთისმოსაობა (ɣvtismosaoba) (Georgian), ღვთისმოშიშობა (ɣvtismošišoba) (Georgian), Frömmigkeit [feminine] (German), ευσέβεια (efséveia) [feminine] (Greek), vallásosság (Hungarian), crábhadh [masculine] (Irish), cráifeacht [feminine] (Irish), beannaíocht [feminine] (Irish), pietà (Italian), 篤信 (tokushin) (alt: とくしん) (Japanese), құдайшылдық (qūdaişyldyq) (Kazakh), pietāte [feminine] (Latvian), на́божност (nábožnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), благоче́стие (blagočéstie) [neuter] (Macedonian), craueeaght [feminine] (Manx), whakaponotanga (Maori), pietat [feminine] (Occitan), pobożność [feminine] (Polish), bogobojność [feminine] (Polish), piedade [feminine] (Portuguese), evlavie (Romanian), pietate (Romanian), на́божность (nábožnostʹ) (Russian), благоче́стие (blagočéstije) [neuter] (Russian), cràbhadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), piedad [feminine] (Spanish), fromhet [common-gender] (Swedish), dindarlık (Turkish), sofuluk (Turkish), takva (Turkish), züht (Turkish), набо́жність (nabóžnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), פֿרומקייט (frumkeyt) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-piety-en-noun-NHaTfH2P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 1 0 5 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'reverence and devotion to God': 97 1 0 2
  2. (uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country. Tags: uncountable Translations (reverence to one's family): بِرّ (birr) [masculine] (Arabic), kunnioitus (Finnish), Pietät [feminine] (German), σεβασμός (sevasmós) [masculine] (Greek), 敬愛 (kēai) (alt: けいあい) (Japanese), saygı (Turkish), hürmet (Turkish), ihtiram (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-piety-en-noun-gPqosNYO Disambiguation of "reverence to one's family": 24 56 0 19
  3. (countable) A devout act or thought. Tags: countable Translations (devout act or thought): تُقًى (tuqan) [masculine] (Arabic), áhítat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-piety-en-noun-STyCmH58 Disambiguation of 'devout act or thought': 0 0 99 0
  4. (countable) A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-piety-en-noun-ElegXKos
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pietie [obsolete] Derived forms: baroque piety, filial piety, in piety Related terms: pious, pietà

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} piety
  1. Alternative form of piete Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: piete
    Sense id: en-piety-enm-noun-MJG6lOpJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "alt": "とくしん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "篤信"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "құдайшылдық"
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          "lang": "Latvian",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "whakaponotanga"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pobożność"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "evlavie"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nábožnostʹ",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "на́божность"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cràbhadh"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "piedad"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fromhet"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "dindarlık"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "sofuluk"
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        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "takva"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "word": "züht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nabóžnistʹ",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "набо́жність"
        },
        {
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "frumkeyt",
          "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
          "tags": [
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        "(uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country."
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "birr",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "بِرّ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "24 56 0 19",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "word": "kunnioitus"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Pietät"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sevasmós",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σεβασμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 56 0 19",
          "alt": "けいあい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kēai",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "word": "敬愛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 56 0 19",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "word": "saygı"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "word": "hürmet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 56 0 19",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reverence to one's family",
          "word": "ihtiram"
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        "A devout act or thought."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A devout act or thought."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tuqan",
          "sense": "devout act or thought",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "تُقًى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "devout act or thought",
          "word": "áhítat"
        }
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        "A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence."
      ],
      "id": "en-piety-en-noun-ElegXKos",
      "links": [
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
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        [
          "unthinkingly",
          "unthinkingly"
        ],
        [
          "undue",
          "undue"
        ],
        [
          "reverence",
          "reverence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪɪti"
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      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "تَقْوَى"
    },
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      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "բարեպաշտություն"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabožnost",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "набожност"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pietat"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "虔誠"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánchéng",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "虔诚"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zbožnost"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "vroomheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "pieco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "hurskaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piété"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣvtismosaoba",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "ღვთისმოსაობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣvtismošišoba",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "ღვთისმოშიშობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frömmigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "efséveia",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ευσέβεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eusébeia",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εὐσέβεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "vallásosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crábhadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cráifeacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beannaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "pietà"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とくしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokushin",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "篤信"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūdaişyldyq",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "құдайшылдық"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pietāte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nábožnost",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на́божност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "blagočéstie",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "благоче́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "craueeaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "whakaponotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pietat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pobożność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bogobojność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "evlavie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "pietate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nábožnostʹ",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "на́божность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagočéstije",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "благоче́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cràbhadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fromhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "dindarlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "sofuluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "takva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "word": "züht"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nabóžnistʹ",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "набо́жність"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "frumkeyt",
      "sense": "reverence and devotion to God",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿרומקייט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "birr",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بِرّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "word": "kunnioitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pietät"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sevasmós",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σεβασμός"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいあい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kēai",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "word": "敬愛"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "word": "saygı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "word": "hürmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reverence to one's family",
      "word": "ihtiram"
    },
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      "roman": "tuqan",
      "sense": "devout act or thought",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "تُقًى"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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