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Definition of pietism - 2 dictionary results

Pi⋅e⋅tism

  [pahy-i-tiz-uhm]
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–noun
1. a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
2. the principles and practices of the Pietists.
3. (lowercase) intensity of religious devotion or feeling.
4. (lowercase) exaggeration or affectation of piety.
Origin:
1690–1700; < G Pietismus < L piet(ās) piety + G -ismus -ism

Related forms:
Pi⋅e⋅tist, noun
pi⋅e⋅tis⋅tic, pi⋅e⋅tis⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
pi⋅e⋅tis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4. sanctimony.
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pi·e·tism   (pī'ĭ-tĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. Stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.

  2. Affected or exaggerated piety.

  3. Pietism A reform movement in the German Lutheran Church during the 17th and 18th centuries, which strove to renew the devotional ideal in the Protestant religion.


[German Pietismus, from Latin pietās, piety; see piety.]
pi'e·tist n., pi'e·tis'tic adj., pi'e·tis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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