| ADJECTIVE | all | pious | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity |
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| Sounds | pay'ahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity. | |
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| Example | "pious readings" | |
| Attribute of | piety, piousness | righteousness by virtue of being pious |
| Narrower | devotional | relating to worship |
| godly, reverent, worshipful | showing great reverence for god | |
| holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous | excessively or hypocritically pious | |
| prayerful | disposed to pray or appearing to pray | |
| See also | religious | Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity |
| sacred | concerned with religion or religious purposes | |
| unworldly | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations | |
| virtuous | morally excellent | |
| Opposite | impious | lacking piety or reverence for a god |
| Spanish | piadoso, pío | |
| Catalan | piadós, pietós | |
| Nouns | piousness | righteousness by virtue of being pious |
| Adverbs | piously | in a devout and pious manner |
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