piety
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The author rescues her from near-historical oblivion, portraying a woman of intense piety, “even more devout than her mother-in-law.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Soo’s Bonnie sweetly embodies the excesses of a kind of progressive piety.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Iskander’s David is a young man whose youthful piety and heroism make him a sympathetic figure, notwithstanding the bag of cold cuts.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
The pope "wanted to see for himself what is happening in Monaco, where this movement of renewal is based on an embraced faith, and on an inclusive popular piety and devotion," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Pietism laid great store by helping congregations find God themselves, through personal acquaintance and knowledge of the scriptures, through humility, non-confrontation and piety, through an ethos of hard work, and through education.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing piety
The Poet X
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