Pietism
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
the principles and practices of the Pietists.
(lowercase) intensity of religious devotion or feeling.
(lowercase) exaggeration or affectation of piety.
Origin of Pietism
1Other words for Pietism
Other words from Pietism
- Pi·e·tist, noun
- pi·e·tis·tic, pi·e·tis·ti·cal, adjective
- pi·e·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use Pietism in a sentence
With the same charms as Mademoiselle de Voss, she had the same jumble of Pietism and virtue.
German Problems and Personalities | Charles SaroleaBrought up in an atmosphere of Pietism, the natural reaction led him into a kind of romantic atheistic unbelief.
Pietism and sentimentalism have supplanted in a large measure the ethical.
Religion and the War | VariousThe severe Pietism of that belief had never strongly appealed to him.
Vondel's Lucifer | Joost van den VondelAs to religion, Sainte-Beuve, having had his phase of Pietism even, ended by becoming a blank unbeliever.
French Classics | William Cleaver Wilkinson
British Dictionary definitions for pietism (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm) /
a less common word for piety
excessive, exaggerated, or affected piety or saintliness
Derived forms of pietism
- pietist, noun
- pietistic or pietistical, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Pietism (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm) /
history a reform movement in the German Lutheran Churches during the 17th and 18th centuries that strove to renew the devotional ideal
Derived forms of Pietism
- Pietist, noun
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