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pietism Definition

pi·etism (ə tiz′əm)

noun

  1. the beliefs and practices of the Pietists
  2. an exaggerated pious feeling or attitude

Etymology: Ger pietismus: see Pietist

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Pietism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: Two hundred years later, a movement called pietism, with its emphasis on holiness and prayer, emerged from a rather dry Lutheranism.

Adjective modifier

  • German: German Reformed pietism was thus strong some ten years before the Lutherans began a similar work.