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Meanings of most pious in English

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Usage of most pious in English
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The boy that looked the sickest was regarded as the most pious.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
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A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it.
Life of Johnson, Volume 4 / 1780-1784
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For this deed, worthy of the most pious Egyptian, I give thee.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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He, then, with the most pious composure, seemed resigning himself to death.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, V...
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The most pious possible reactions to that fact are agnosticism and intellectual humility:
Three philosophies of life
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His confessor declared that he was in the most pious disposition of penitence.
Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of B...
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Sacks of gold would satisfy even the most pious amongst them.
Monster Hunter International
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This was the knowledge forbidden to all but the most pious and learned.
The Golem and the Jinni
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For that matter, the most pious priests, wonderworkers, never touch flesh or fish.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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The justifications of these actions are all of the most pious and penitent description.
Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View
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Besides, he was himself a high priest and surpassed in piety the most pious.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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The consequence is that the most pious can give an unvarnished description of things.
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
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Here each wants to be the most pious, where there is no great need.
A Treatise on Good Works
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At my most pious, aged about 12, I loved Lent.
The Irish Times
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In modern times, a latent and even involuntary scepticism adheres to the most pious dispositions.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
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This is one of the most pious resolutions I ever knew the public to pass.
Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
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