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
Have you been to such a—I had nearly written silent—concert, in a Norwegian coast town of somewhat pietist savour?
From The Bridal March; One Day by Edmund Gosse
The pathological pietist is still self-student, though studious of self in a new relation; still breathes her own breath at second-hand, and remains indoors within the four walls of herself.
From Mariquita A Novel by John Ayscough
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 John Charles Van Dyke
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