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

[From Latin pius, dutiful.]

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



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