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pietisms

pietisms is the plural of pietism.

Meaning of pietism

Noun

pietism (countable and uncountable, plural pietisms)

  1. (capitalized, often) A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
    • From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 739

Questions about pietisms

What is pietisms the plural of?
Pietisms is the plural of pietism.

Words near pietisms in the dictionary

  1. pietie
  2. pieties
  3. Pietila
  4. Pietilas
  5. pietism
  6. pietisms
  7. pietist
  8. pietistic
  9. pietistical
  10. pietistically
  11. pietists

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