different between piety vs pious

English

Alternative forms

• pietie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin piet?s. See also the doublets pietà and pity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti
• Hyphenation: pi?e?ty

Noun

piety (countable and uncountable, plural pieties)

1. (uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.

2. (uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
3. (countable) A devout act or thought.
4. (countable) A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence.

Derived terms

• filial piety

Related terms

• pious
• pietà

Translations

Middle English

Noun

piety

1. Alternative form of piete

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?us (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”). Cognate with Old English f?le (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”). More at feal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pa??s/

• Rhymes: -a??s

Adjective

pious (comparative more pious, superlative most pious)

1. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".

Synonyms

• reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to piety): impious, independent, profane

Derived terms

• piously
• piousness
• pi

Related terms

• piety

Translations

Anagrams

• pouis