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Impiety definition

ĭm-pīĭ-tē
impieties
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A lack of piety.
  • Lack of reverence for God.
  • Lack of respect or dutifulness, as toward a parent.
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An impious act or remark.
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The quality or state of being impious.
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An impious act.
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Undutifulness.
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(uncountable) The state of being impious.
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(countable) An impious act.
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(uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
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Singular:
impiety
Plural:
impieties

Origin of impiety

  • From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas

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Impiety Sentence Examples

  • In the Odyssey it is said that the gods disclosed the impiety.

  • According to the Homilies, the manner of his entering on his career of impiety was as follows.

  • Popular belief regarded his subsequent illness as a judgment for his impiety.

  • He was accused of impiety on the absurd charge of deifying the tyrant Hermias; and,.

  • He was kindly dismissed by the pope not long after, with a letter recommending him to the protection of the bishops of Tours and Angers, and another pronouncing anathema on all who should do him any injury or call him a heretic. He returned home, overwhelmed with shame and bowed down with sorrow for having a second time been guilty of a great impiety.

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