piety
Meanings
Plural: pieties
Noun
- righteousness by virtue of being pious
- Reverence and devotion to God.
- Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
- A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
- A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety.
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Scrabble Score: 10
piety is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpiety is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 10
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