piosity

English

Noun

piosity (plural piosities)

1. Affected or exaggerated piety.
   • 2003, John F. Deane, “Knock”, in Manhandling the Deity, Carcanet, page 23:

     We have since / learned to scoff at all such drollery, at the stalls / rife with the junk of old piosity

Synonyms

• sanctimoniousness