impiety
lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
lack of dutifulness or respect.
an impious act, practice, etc.
Origin of impiety
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How to use impiety in a sentence
I one day pointed out these strange impieties to one of the jailers, and inquired who had written them?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoEvery manifestation of his character is an appeal against their impieties, and hence they "desire not the knowledge of his ways."
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxI can't forbear saying, that the next bad Thing to the writing these Impieties, is to Suffer them.
A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage | Jeremy CollierAll these men are seeking to set up their own impieties in the Church under your name, and alas!
Concerning Christian Liberty | Martin LutherThe extravagant impieties of Nietzsche may have shocked his hearers, but they have cleared the air.
Religion and Science | John Charlton Hardwick
British Dictionary definitions for impiety
/ (ɪmˈpaɪɪtɪ) /
lack of reverence or proper respect for a god
any lack of proper respect
an impious act
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