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• n  righteousness by virtue of being pious

• This may not reflect religious piety (The Passion is very pious, The Code quite skeptical) so much as it does the labor of reading.
• Many progressives in the church say the conservative group, with its strict adherence to personal piety (some lay members take vows of celibacy and practice self-flagellation), can .
• Philip III was known for his piety, his love of luxury and his willingness to allow his chief adviser, the Duke of Lerma, to run things--not always well.

• piousness

• impiety

News & Articles

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• ‘Gameboard of the Gods,’ ‘Bristol House,’ ‘Abaddon’s Gate’
  Exile, piety and battles in “Gameboard of the Gods,” “Bristol House” and “Abaddon’s Gate.”
  June 18, 2013 - Washington Post
• ‘Gameboard of the Gods,’ ‘Bristol House,’ ‘Abaddon’s Gate’
  Exile, piety and battles in “Gameboard of the Gods,” “Bristol House” and “Abaddon’s Gate.”
  June 18, 2013 - Washington Post

Quotes

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• Mike Huckabee in FOXNews
  This is an enemy that really basks in the perversion of piety and the face of a faith to create a real sense of the ultimate contrast between light and between darkness, between life and between death,Huckabee said.
• President Bush in Asia Times Online
  They hate our freedoms,Bush told Congress and the nation a few days after the 9/11 attacks. "Our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with one another ...... We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We...
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in AFP
  Their economy is collapsing...... the reason for their defeat is that they have abandoned faith in God and piety,Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech in the northeastern city of Bojnurd.