piety
Syllables: pi·e·ty/ˈpaɪ̯ɪti/
piety noun: reverence and devotion to God.
Noun
piety (countable and uncountable, plural pieties)
- Reverence and devotion to God.
- Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
- Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- patriotism as piety, when done right
- A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
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- A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
- He was quick with the pieties about hard work, honest communication, active listening, and respecting others' viewpoints, but walking the walk is different from talking the talk.
piety meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
piety in Hindi
- reverence and devotion to God
- धार्मिकता dhārmiktā
piety in Tamil
- பக்தி, கடவுள் பற்று
piety in Marathi
- reverence and devotion to God
- धार्मिकता dhārmiktā
piety in Urdu
- piety
- نیم nem
More languagesFewer languages
- piety in Bengali
- ভক্তি bhôkti
- piety in Telugu
- పారమార్థికము pāramārthikamu
- piety in Malayalam
- മതഭക്തി, ദൈവഭക്തി, പിതൃഭക്തി
- piety in Kannada
- ಕಡವರ ಮುಡಿಪು
- piety in Odia
- ଧର୍ମନିଷ୍ଠା
- piety in Sanskrit
- धार्मिकता dhārmikatā
- piety in Arabic
- تُقًى tuqan, تَقْوَى taqwā, بِرّ birr
Examples of piety in a sentence
- His motivation is not filial piety; instead, he hopes that he can inherit her house.
- They alone can see through all the cant and pieties and get to the real truth.
- That world was marked by three main characteristics: hyperorganization, thoroughgoing plutocracy, and intense piety.
Forms of piety
| plural | pieties |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | pietie |
Origin of piety
From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety.
Words formed from piety
Words that rhyme with piety
Questions about piety
- What does piety mean?
- Piety means reverence and devotion to God.
- What is piety in Hindi?
- Piety in Hindi is धार्मिकता (dhārmiktā). See Piety meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is piety?
- Piety is a noun.
- How do you pronounce piety?
- Piety is pronounced /ˈpaɪ̯ɪti/.
- What is the plural of piety?
- The plural of piety is pieties.
Words near piety in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: piety (page history and authors); piety (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نیم (Urdu) (page history and authors); ভক্তি (Bengali) (page history and authors); పారమార్థికము (Telugu) (page history and authors); piety (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piety (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piety (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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