Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piety"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Piety
Lat. pietas, properly honour and respect toward parents (1 Tim.
5:4). In Acts 17:23 the Greek verb is rendered "ye worship," as
applicable to God.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piety \Pi"e*ty\, n. [F. pi['e]t['e]; cf. It. piet[`a]; both fr.
L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See {Pious}, and cf.
{Pity}.]
1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of
his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and
earnest devotion to his service.
Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of
decaying man. --Rambler.
2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion;
affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents,
relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country
I was judged to have shown. --Milton.
Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See
{Religion}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
piety
n : righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: {piousness}]
[ant: {impiety}]
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