pietist

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Dr Ganiel said "pietist" evangelicals - those who had decided that the world of politics was simply too grubby for Christians to take part in - could be reinforced by Mrs Robinson's demise.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010

No mere filial pietist, he wrote a biography of his father that might stand as a monument to the "old" diplomacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Have you been to such a—I had nearly written silent—concert, in a Norwegian coast town of somewhat pietist savour?

From The Bridal March; One Day by Gosse, Edmund

He was not a pietist, and there was no great religious feeling in his work.

From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles

Once, taken to task by a pietist, Solomon defended himself by the quibble that Hebrew has no vowels.

From Ghetto Comedies by Zangwill, Israel