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ADJECTIVE:
  1. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout. See Synonyms at religious.
    1. Marked by conspicuous devoutness: a pious and holy observation.
    2. Marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical: a pious fraud.
  3. Devotional: pious readings.
  4. Professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded.
  5. Commendable; worthy: a pious effort.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin pius, dutiful

OTHER FORMS:
pious·ly(Adverb), pious·ness(Noun)


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