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affected piety

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  • pietism — n. 1 a pious sentiment. b an exaggerated or affected piety. 2 (esp. as Pietism) hist. a movement for the revival of piety in the Lutheran Church in the 17th c. Derivatives: pietist n. pietistic adj. pietistical adj. Etymology: G Pietismus (as… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pietism — n. 1 a pious sentiment. b an exaggerated or affected piety. 2 (esp. as Pietism) hist. a movement for the revival of piety in the Lutheran Church in the 17th c. Derivatives: pietist n. pietistic adj. pietistical adj. Etymology: G Pietismus (as… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cant — I. n. 1. Whining talk, pious prating, sanctimonious phrases. 2. Hypocrisy, affected piety, sham holiness. 3. Peculiar form of speech, professional parlance, partisan vocabulary, shibboleths of sect, popular cry. 4. Slang, jargon, low language,… …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • CAN'T — contr. can not. * * * ˈkant, aa(ə) , ai ; esp S ā ; esp NewEng & Brit ȧ , ä ; sporadically e Etymology: by contraction : can not * * * /kant, kahnt/ contraction of cannot. Usage. See can1, cannot, contraction. * * * can t contraction of ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cant. — abbr. Canticles (Old Testament). * * * 1. Canterbury. 2. Cantonese. * * * abbrev 1. Canterbury 2. Canticles * * * cant1 «kant», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. talk that is not sincere; moral or religious statements t …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Story of an African Farm — For the 2004 film of The Story of an African Farm see The Story of an African Farm (film) The Story of an African Farm (published 1883 under the pseudonym Ralph Iron ) was South African author Olive Schreiner s first novel. It was an immediate… …   Wikipedia

  • cant — [n1] hypocritical statement affected piety, deceit, dishonesty, humbug, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, insincerity, lip service*, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pious platitudes, pomposity, pretense, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony,… …   New thesaurus

  • sanctimony — [saŋk′tə mō΄nē] n. [OFr sanctimonie < L sanctimonia < sanctus, holy: see SAINT] 1. affected piety or righteousness; religious hypocrisy 2. obs. var. of SANCTITY …   English World dictionary

  • religiousism — noun exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal • Syn: ↑religiosity, ↑religionism, ↑pietism • Derivationally related forms: ↑pietistical (for: ↑pietism), ↑pietistic …   Useful english dictionary

  • Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

  • education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

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