pietist
Example Sentences
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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
In their lively minds she reawakened the age-old issue between artist and pietist.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
In Germany, on the other hand, the rationalist movement had always had over against it the great foil and counterpoise of the pietist movement.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell
He is that most tragic figure—an enforced pietist, a thwarted voluptuary.
From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.
