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
She did not, like the self-conscious pietist, listen to it.
From Mariquita A Novel by John Ayscough
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 John Charles Van Dyke
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 by Hugo P. (Hugo Paul) Thieme
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