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• a  having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  pious readings

• Excommunication threat worked with the pious and God fearing followers of the religious denomination and they quickly agreed to the diktat of the religious head.
• For pious moms on beach holidays with their families when women-only beaches or hours at water parks are useless, since older boys and dads would be left behind the burqini .
• Jean-Christophe Verhaegen AFP Getty For the pious Muslim woman, one of the greatest challenges of modern life is how to get a good workout.

• impious

News & Articles

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• Insight: Turkish troubles highlight cultural divide
  By Ralph Boulton ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stands before a sea of cheering faithful waving Turkish flags and, to shouts of "Allahu Akbar", God is Greatest, summons the spirit of pious Ottoman poets in denouncing protesters who challenge his power. Across Istanbul, the same flags, white crescent moon and star on a red background, are raised; but they proclaim what some ...
  June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• The Changing Face, Perception Of Turkey's Prime Minister
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be the most successful prime minister in modern Turkey's history. A deeply pious Muslim once jailed for his outspoken remarks, he has presided over a decade of democratic reforms and economic growth. But now he finds himself the target of angry protesters who call him a dictator and a fascist.
  June 6, 2013 - NPR
• Protests unite Turks across the social spectrum
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Office workers in business suits chant anti-government slogans alongside pious women wearing Muslim headscarves. Schoolchildren and bearded anarchists rub shoulders with football fans, well-heeled women in designer sunglasses and elderly couples donating food.
  June 5, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Frank McCourt in New York Times Blogs (blog)
  Wondering how he survived, Mr. McCourt writes, "People everywhere brag about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty, the shiftless loquacious alcoholic father; the pious defeated mother moaning by...
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Reuters
  All Palestinian combatants and all the Islamic world's pious people are obliged to defend the defenceless women, children and people in Gaza in any way possible,Khamenei said.
• Saddam Hussein in Reuters India
  Saddam added: "Oh brave, pious Iraqis in the heroic resistance. Oh sons of the one nation, direct your enmity towards the invaders. Do not let them divide you ...... Long live jihad (holy war) and the mujahdeen against the invaders."