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

Nor was he slow to perceive that this liberal pietist was cast in an unusual mold.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

He was a painter more than a pietist, and was called by his townsmen "the faultless painter."

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

She was so many-sided--a reformer, teacher, pietist, politician, actress--that a true estimate of her character is difficult.

From Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo Paul Thieme