piety
Example Sentences
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Piety alone wasn’t sufficient; followers of Jesus must live out their convictions with acts of charity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024
The Catholic church in the 15th century sought to combat usury by pooling the resources of wealthy locals into a Mount of Piety.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2020
On the political side of the story quilt, Jared Harris and Indira Varma pair nicely as the paranoid Chancellor of the Burgue Absalom Breakspear and his manipulative wife Piety.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2019
But a group calling itself “Save Piety Hill” says the council can’t ignore the recommendation of a local historic preservation commission.
From Washington Times • May 17, 2019
Piety, Cat, Courageous, Sceptre, Red Raven, Harridan, Faithful, Fury, they had all gone up, Kingslander and Godsgrace as well, the demon was eating his own.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing piety
The Poet X
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