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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 1600s and 1700s, 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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pietism
(ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm)n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a less common word for piety
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) excessive, exaggerated, or affected piety or saintliness
ˈpietist n
ˌpieˈtistic, ˌpieˈtistical adj
Pietism
(ˈpaɪɪˌtɪzəm)n
(Historical Terms) history a reform movement in the German Lutheran Churches during the 17th and 18th centuries that strove to renew the devotional ideal
ˈPietist n
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Pi•e•tism
(ˈpaɪ ɪˌtɪz əm)n.
1. a movement in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
2. (l.c.) intensity of religious devotion or feeling.
3. (l.c.) exaggeration or affectation of piety.
Pi′e•tist, n.
pi`e•tis′tic, pi`e•tis′ti•cal, adj.
pi`e•tis′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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Pietism
1. a movement, begun in the 17th-century German Lutheran Church, exalting the practice of personal piety over religious orthodoxy and ritual.
2. the principles and practices of the Pietists. Also called Spenerism. — Piëtist, n. — Pietistic, Pietistical, adj.
See also: Protestantism2. the principles and practices of the Pietists. Also called Spenerism. — Piëtist, n. — Pietistic, Pietistical, adj.
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Noun | 1. | Pietism - 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 |
2. | pietism - exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal devoutness, religiousness - piety by virtue of being devout |
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pietism
nounA state of often extreme religious ardour:
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Pietism → der Pietismus
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