pietism

pi·e·tism  (p-tzm)

n.

1. Stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.

2. Affected or exaggerated piety.

3. Pietism A reform movement in the German Lutheran Church during the 17th and 18th centuries, which strove to renew the devotional ideal in the Protestant religion.

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[German Pietismus, from Latin piets, piety; see piety.]

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pie·tist n.

pie·tistic adj.

pie·tisti·cal·ly adv.

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pietism

Noun

exaggerated piety

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Pietism

1. a movement, begun in the 17th-century German Lutheran Church, exalting the practice of personal piety over religious orthodoxy and ritual.
2. the principles and practices of the Pietists. Also called Spenerism. — Piëtist, n. — Pietistic, Pietistical, adj.

See also: Protestantism

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Pietism - 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
	2.	pietism - exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal religiosity, religiousism, religionism devoutness, religiousness - piety by virtue of being devout