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

Both were disciples of a clergyman at Rouville, who was an enthusiastic pietist and friend of St Cyran. 

From Pascal by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Some writer has pointed out a certain analogy between the sweet Derbyshire Methodist and the gentle pietist whose confessions form a very curious chapter of 'Wilhelm Meister.'

From Mathilde Blind by Eliot, George

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