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pietistic

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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.
[German Pietismus, from Latin piets, piety; see piety.]
pie·tist n.
pie·tistic adj.
pie·tisti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pietistic - of or relating to Pietism; "the Pietistic movement"
pietistical
2.pietistic - excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous, pietistical
pious - having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"
Translations
pietistic [paɪəˈtɪstɪk] ADJ (pej) → pietista, beato, mojigato
pietistic
adj (pej) → frömmelnd
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Imagine the irony, though, of pietistic Jewish Pharisees (or their disciples) standing in the Temple precincts and holding up a coin bearing a human image and an inscription to the son of (a) God
Proper 24 October 19, 2008 by Currents in Theology and Mission
Marcin Wislocki attributes the expansion of emblem cycles in churches on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea to the diffusion of the pietistic strains of Protestantism.
The Emblem in Scandinavia and the Baltic by Hoepel, Ingrid / Renaissance Quarterly
She paints a rich portrait of ambitious students at a pietistic institution that is quietly relaxing its fundamentalism.
Populist & cosmopolitan by Gregory, Eric / Commonweal
 
 
 
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