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ALL meanings of pietist

Pi·e·tism
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  • noun pietist a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy. 1
  • noun pietist the principles and practices of the Pietists. 1
  • noun pietist (lowercase) intensity of religious devotion or feeling. 1
  • noun pietist (lowercase) exaggeration or affectation of piety. 1
  • noun pietist any of a group of Germans who advocated a revival of the devotional ideal in the Lutheran Church in the 17th-18th cent. 0
  • noun pietist a pious person 0
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