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piety
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)
- (uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
- (uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- (countable) A devout act or thought.
- (countable) A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence.
Derived terms
- filial piety
Related terms
- pious
- pietà
Translations
Middle English
Noun
piety
- Alternative form of piete
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purity
English
Etymology
pure +? -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pj????ti/, /?pj????ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pj???ti/, /?pj??ti/
- Hyphenation: pur?i?ty
Noun
purity (countable and uncountable, plural purities)
- The state or degree of being pure.
- Antonym: impurity
Derived terms
- purity ball
- purity pledge
- purity ring
- purity spiral
Translations
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