pietistic
/pahy-i-tiz-uhm/US // ˈpaɪ ɪˌtɪz əm //UK // (ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm) //
虔诚主义的,虔诚的,虔诚主义者,虔诚主义
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- : the principles and practices of the Pietists.
- : intensity of religious devotion or feeling.
- : exaggeration or affectation of piety.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Pecuniary profit he had never sought, and its pursuit he scorned.196 His views were dynamico-organic, pietistic, and antagonistic.
As long as the work was mostly in country villages the preaching was naturally of the Pietistic type.
It shows that there is some individuality developed among them, and that they will not become too exclusively pietistic.
High office could only be acquired by becoming a servile instrument of the pietistic party, which was headed by the king.
He never stooped to pietistic clap-trap, or chanted the jaunty chauvinism that has so often caused the Hoosier stars to blink.
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