impiety

im·pi·e·ty

a lack of piety; specif.,
1. lack of reverence for God
2. lack of respect or dutifulness, as toward a parent
pl. -·ties an impious act or remark

Origin of impiety

Middle English impietie from Old French or L: Old French impiété from Classical Latin impietas

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"impiety." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/impiety>.

APA Style

impiety. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/impiety

impiety

noun

pl. im·pi·e·ties

The quality or state of being impious.
An impious act.
Undutifulness.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"impiety." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/impiety>.

APA Style

impiety. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/impiety

Noun

(usually uncountable, plural impieties)

(uncountable) The state of being impious
(countable) An impious act
(uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred

Origin

From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"impiety." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/impiety>.

APA Style

impiety. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/impiety

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

According to the Homilies, the manner of his entering on his career of impiety was as follows.
At the end he professed abject repentance for his impiety and disloyalty.
Here Browne distinguishes acceptance of the covenant relation with God (religion) and the forming or " planting " of churches on the basis of God's covenant (with its laws of government), from the enforcing of the covenant voluntarily accepted, whether by church-excommunication or by civil penalties - the latter only in cases of flagrant impiety, such as idolatry, blasphemy or Sabbath-breaking.
In France, blasphemy (which included, also, speaking against the Holy Virgin and the saints, denying one's faith, or speaking with impiety of holy things) was from very early times punished with great severity.
No sooner had he wholly recovered than he hastened to, confront the emperor, reproaching him with his impiety; Diocletian ordered him to be instantly carried off and beaten to death with rods.

Also Mentioned In

Words near impiety in the dictionary