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From Middle English piete , borrowed from Middle French pieté , from Latin pietās . See also the doublets pietà and pity .
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IPA (key ) : /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/
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Rhymes: -aɪɪti
Hyphenation: pi‧e‧ty
piety (countable and uncountable , plural pieties )
( uncountable , religion ) Reverence and devotion to God .
Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
( uncountable ) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country .
( countable ) A devout act or thought .
( countable ) A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence .
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reverence and devotion to God
Arabic: تَقْوَى ( taqwā )
Armenian: բարեպաշտություն (hy) ( barepaštutʻyun )
Bulgarian: набожност (bg) ( nabožnost )
Catalan: pietat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虔誠 / 虔诚 (zh) ( qiánchéng )
Czech: zbožnost f
Dutch: vroomheid (nl)
Esperanto: pieco
Finnish: hurskaus (fi)
French: piété (fr) f
Galician: piedade (gl) f
Georgian: ღვთისმოსაობა ( ɣvtismosaoba ) , ღვთისმოშიშობა ( ɣvtismošišoba )
German: Frömmigkeit (de) f
Greek: ευσέβεια (el) f ( efséveia )
Ancient Greek: εὐσέβεια f ( eusébeia )
Hungarian: vallásosság (hu)
Irish: crábhadh m , cráifeacht f , beannaíocht f
Italian: pietà (it)
Japanese: 篤信 (ja) ( とくしん , tokushin)
Kazakh: құдайшылдық ( qūdaişyldyq )
Latvian: pietāte (lv) f
Macedonian: на́божност f ( nábožnost ) , благоче́стие n ( blagočéstie )
Manx: craueeaght f
Maori: whakaponotanga
Occitan: pietat (oc) f
Polish: pobożność (pl) f , bogobojność (pl) f
Portuguese: piedade (pt) f
Romanian: evlavie (ro) , pietate (ro)
Russian: на́божность (ru) ( nábožnostʹ ) , благоче́стие (ru) n ( blagočéstije )
Scottish Gaelic: cràbhadh m
Spanish: piedad (es) f
Swedish: fromhet (sv) c
Turkish: dindarlık (tr) , sofuluk (tr) , takva (tr) , züht (tr)
Ukrainian: набо́жність f ( nabóžnistʹ )
Yiddish: פֿרומקייט f ( frumkeyt )
reverence to one's family
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Middle English
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piety
Alternative form of piete