Pietism Definition

pīĭ-tĭzəm
noun
Stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.
American Heritage
The beliefs and practices of the Pietists.
Webster's New World
An exaggerated pious feeling or attitude.
Webster's New World
A reform movement in the German Lutheran Church during the 1600s and 1700s, which strove to renew the devotional ideal in the Protestant religion.
American Heritage

Origin of Pietism

  • German Pietismus from Latin pietās piety piety

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From piety +"Ž -ism.

    From Wiktionary

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