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Meanings of pious in English

Portuguese
religioso

Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.

Related terms
religioso

Believing in and showing reverence for God or a deity.

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Examples for "impious"
Examples for "impious"
1
And the teacher herself was the first to see the impious outrage.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
2
And I hear that he says I am impious in abolishing sacrifices.
The Orations of Lysias
3
The consequence of their impious supplications was the well-known Flood of Iram.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
4
Nor were these impious spectacles concealed from the eyes of the city.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
5
The impious and impenitent city is doomed, and nothing can save it.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
Usage of pious in English
1
Yes, we went to mass, although the motive was far from pious.
Purity of blood
2
The first emotion was surprise; the second, awe; the third, pious fervour.
Excellent Women
3
Why did you turn aside from your pious practices and good works?
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
4
Was the Family's vision simply a pious veneer on business as usual?
The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
5
In the age of discipline, watercooler gossip has taken a pious turn.
The Guardian
6
The disciples stood around the saint in grotesque attitudes of pious attention.
The Garden of Allah
7
Every one reserves his pious horror for the citizens in the amphitheatre.
Yet Again
8
Neither can you prevent the expulsion of the pious of the church.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
9
Andrew detected a lack of altruism in the pious note of praise.
The Mountebank
10
And the pious Agaric turned over his great designs in his mind.
Penguin Island
11
The boy that looked the sickest was regarded as the most pious.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
12
The family was very pious; they were, like all the Lapps, Lutherans.
The Land of the Long Night
13
The state of Europe in that pious epoch need not be described.
The Necessity of Atheism
14
To the pious it took on the alluring guise of a Crusade.
The Story of Ireland
15
He'd been forced to put up with her pious bleatings for years.
Bones of the Dragon
16
The sight of God is the pious emotion of the inner man.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare