pietism

(ə tiz′əm)

noun

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

Origin: Ger pietismus: see Pietist

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See pietism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.
  2. Affected or exaggerated piety.
  3. Pietism A reform movement in the German Lutheran Church during the 17th and 18th centuries, which strove to renew the devotional ideal in the Protestant religion.

Origin:

Origin: German Pietismus

Origin: , from Latin pietās, piety; see piety

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Related Forms:

  • piˈe·tist noun
  • piˌe·tisˈtic adjective
  • piˌe·tisˈti·cal·ly adverb

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