pious

adj.

1. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout. See synonyms at religious.
2. 1. Marked by conspicuous devoutness: a pious and holy observation.
   2. Marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical: a pious fraud.
3. Devotional: pious readings.
4. Professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded.
5. Commendable; worthy: a pious effort.

[From Latin pius, dutiful.]

piously pi'ous·ly adv.
piousness pi'ous·ness n.

adjective

Deeply concerned with God and the beliefs and practice of religion: devotional, devout, godly, holy, pietistic, pietistical, prayerful, religious, saintly. See religion.

adj

Definition: dedicated, religious
Antonyms: atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked

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IN BRIEF: Dutiful to parents; devoted to religion . Also: Religious.

Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

Pious

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - from, gudelig, rosværdig

idioms:

• pious fraud    fromt bedrag
• pious hopes    fromt håb

Nederlands (Dutch)
vroom, stichtelijk, schijnheilig, plichtsgetrouw, prijzenswaardig

Français (French)
adj. - pieux, plein de componction, faussement vertueux

idioms:

• pious fraud    fausse dévotion
• pious hopes    v¯ux pieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fromm

idioms:

• pious fraud    frommer Betrug
• pious hopes    fromme Wünsche

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευλαβής, ευσεβής, θρήσκος

idioms:

• pious fraud    ευσεβής απάτη (υπέρ του θύματος)
• pious hopes    ευσεβής πόθος

Italiano (Italian)
pio, devoto

idioms:

• pious fraud    bugia pietosa
• pious hopes    vane speranze

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - piedoso

idioms:

• pious fraud    fraude planejada para alcançar um bom resultado, pessoa que comete fraude por meios ilegais
• pious hopes    improvável de ser alcançado

Русский (Russian)
набожный

idioms:

• pious fraud    лицемерный (набожный) человек
• pious hopes    благие надежды

Español (Spanish)
adj. - piadoso, devoto, pío, beato, digno de alabanzas

idioms:

• pious fraud    mentira piadosa
• pious hopes    esperanzas infundadas

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - from, gudfruktig, andlig, prisvärd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
虔诚的

idioms:

• pious fraud    虚伪的骗局, 为了受骗一方的利益或为使其更加笃信宗教所进行的虔诚诈欺
• pious hopes    不可能实现的希望, 不切实际的希望

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 虔誠的

idioms:

• pious fraud    虛偽的騙局, 為了受騙一方的利益或為使其更加篤信宗教所進行的虔誠詐欺
• pious hopes    不可能實現的希望, 不切實際的希望

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 경건한, 믿음이 두터운, 효성이 지극한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 敬虔な, 信心深い, さも信心深そうな

idioms:

• pious fraud    方便としてのうそ
• pious hopes    実現する見込みの無い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تقي, ورع, غير دنيوي, مراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דתי, אדוק, צבוע, מתחסד‬

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