PIETY

Piety. Piety
Lat. pietas, properly honour and respect toward parents (1 Tim. 5:4). In Acts 17:23 the Greek verb is rendered “ye worship,” as applicable to God.

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PIETY. → See RELIGION

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piety|piousness. Piety, or Piousness, n. duty to GOD or to parents

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Pi″e‐ty (?), n. [[F. piété; cf. It. pietà; both fr. L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See Pious, and cf. Pity.]] 1. 1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.
Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler. 2. 2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. Milton. Syn. — Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See Religion.