Holiness is a state of being. Piousness is a state of mind.
Someone who is divine or in touch with the divine is holy. Someone who purports to know the divine or speak for the divine is pious. Piousness can also have negative conotations, describing someone who claims to be devout, but is really false or hypocritical.
The main questions that govern the discussion between Socrates and Euthyphro pertain to the nature of piety or holiness. They inquire whether something is pious because the gods love it, or do the gods love something because it is pious.
The abstract noun form of the adjective 'holy' is holiness.
No one needs to be pious. You can be deeply faithful if you like, but making a show of your faithfulness is hypocritical and obnoxious. *********************** Let me add that it is possible to be deeply religious without being ostentatious about it, and hence, it is possible to be pious without necessarily being obnoxious, but I certainly agree that no one is obligated to be pious. Piety is optional.
being pious and humble!
He is a pious man. She is a pious woman.
the boy is pious
Socrates discusses the nature of piety or holiness in the dialogue Euthyphro. He questions Euthyphro about his understanding of piety and investigates whether actions are pious because the gods approve of them, or whether the gods approve of actions because they are pious.
Piety is being good and doing good for the sake of it, and not for selfish reasons. Pious is the adjective form of piety, to describe a pious act, attitude, or person. The Roman Emperor Antoninus Pious was so named for his piety, and his reign was the most peaceful of all the Roman emperors.
The priest was a pious man who believed in divine will.The nun was not fooled by the pious expressions on the faces of the mischievous children.
The word pious has two syllables: pi ous
A person who pretends to be good, pious or sympathetic without really being so.
Bolesław the Pious was born in 1224.