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Pietist definition

Pi·etist (pī′ə tist′)

noun

  1. any of a group of Germans who advocated a revival of the devotional ideal in the Lutheran Church in the 17th-18th cent.
  2. a pious person

Etymology: Ger < ModL (Collegia) pietatis, lit., (fellowship) of piety

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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