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Meanings of impiousness in English

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impietat

Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.

impietat
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Examples for "impiety"
1
This was a poser; an act of open impiety; a Kentucky argument.
Mexico and Its Religion / With Incidents of Travel in That Count...
2
The first is addressed, in the insolent impiety of rage, to God:-
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete / Series I, I...
3
Several of the princes looked uneasy at the impiety of this suggestion.
Siege of heaven
4
I saw her meaning, and almost started at the impiety of it.
The Lost Continent
5
We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
Usage of impiousness in English
1
His impiousness kept pace with his growing power.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1
2
With the unconscious egotism of the devotee, he felt that heaven had been avenging the impiousness of his sin.
The Puritans
3
His prophetic spirit foretold to him that the impiousness of the sons he would beget would make their death to be preferable to their life.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
4
'Tis the carol of the Venusberg itself redeemed from curse of impiousness, this cry we hear amid the hymn of God.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
5
"Speakin' of impiousness," remarked that sour-faced little man, "have you all heard the tales about Reuben Merryweather's gal sence she's had her windfall?
The Miller Of Old Church
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impietat
Impiousness through the time