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Etymology

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From ultra- +‎ pious.

Adjective

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ultrapious (not comparable)

  1. Extremely pious, overly devout or reverent.
    • 2007 September 16, Zev Chafets, “The Missionary Mogul”, in New York Times[1]:
      (This led the ultrapious Rabbi Eliezer Shach to acidly define Chabad as the sect closest to Judaism.)