ADJECTIVE | pert | pietistic, pietistical | of or relating to Pietism |
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all | pietistic, holier-than-thou, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous | excessively or hypocritically pious |
Meaning | Of or relating to Pietism. | |
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Example | "the Pietistic movement" | |
Synonym | pietistical | |
Spanish | pietista | |
Nouns | Pietism | 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion |
Meaning | excessively or hypocritically pious. | |
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Synonyms | holier-than-thou, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous | |
Broader | pious | Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity |
Spanish | falso, gazmoño, hipócrita, mojigato, santurrón, tartufo | |
Catalan | beguí, colltort, fals, farisaic, fariseu, hipòcrita, rosegaaltars | |
Nouns | pietism | exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal |
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