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

A friend of his mother’s, Susanne Katharina von Klettenberg, who belonged to pietist circles in Frankfort, turned the boy’s thoughts to religious mysticism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

It subdues the flesh and the world, and calls down Heaven to bless the happy pietist.

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by Weaver, George Sumner

She did not, like the self-conscious pietist, listen to it.

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John