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Pietism
[ pahy-i-tiz-uhm ]
noun
- 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.
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Pietism
1/ ˈ貹ɪɪˌɪə /
noun
- history a reform movement in the German Lutheran Churches during the 17th and 18th centuries that strove to renew the devotional ideal
pietism
2/ ˈ貹ɪɪˌɪə /
noun
- a less common word for piety
- excessive, exaggerated, or affected piety or saintliness
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Derived Forms
- ˈʾپ, noun
- ˌ辱ˈپپ, adjective
- ˈ辱پ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ʾ·پ noun
- 辱e·پt 辱e·پt· adjective
- 辱e·پt··ly adverb
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The difference was that he could not imagine finding that experience within Pietism.
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His faith was grounded in personal Pietism, a doctrine that ignored the political origins of injustice.
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Though he might not have recognised the label, Bach’s faith falls within the movement known as German Pietism, which reached its high-water mark in his lifetime.
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Amid the religious movements of the beginning of the century Pietism gained a decided advantage.
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In 1746 the reign of Pietism came to an end on the death of Christian VI.
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