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pietistical

ADJECTIVE

holy

Synonyms

STRONG

pietistic

WEAK

angelic believing blessed chaste clean consecrated dedicated devoted devotional devout divine faithful faultless glorified god-fearing godlike godly good hallowed humble immaculate innocent just moral perfect pious prayerful pure religious revered reverent righteous sacrosanct sainted saintlike saintly sanctified seraphic spiritual spotless sublime uncorrupt undefiled untainted unworldly upright venerable venerated virtuous

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In fact, a goodly proportion of our so-called slang is drawn from the same high source, being vinegar to the teeth of pietistical purists, but quite good enough for God.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

So it is with a pietistical and puristical people—they will follow some stupid old bellwether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

Nor was the general state of religion in Maryland at the time of their experiment such as to foster a profoundly pietistical community.

From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh

Here you see the end of a nation which shares your pietistical aptitudes.

From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

I present extracts from the account of Cambronne, which he suspects may have given the pietistical Quakers a pain.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

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