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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pi•e•tism (pī′i tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- Religionthe principles and practices of the Pietists.
- (l.c.) intensity of religious devotion or feeling.
- (l.c.) exaggeration or affectation of piety.
- Latin piet(ās) piety + German -ismus -ism
- German Pietismus
- 1690–1700
Pi′e•tist, n. pi′e•tis′tic, pi′e•tis′ti•cal, adj. pi′e•tis′ti•cal•ly, adv. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sanctimony.
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