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what is piety?

Answer 1

Piety is a desire and willingness to perform religious duties. It is a traditional virtue because religion is the only known way to win the favor or forgiveness of deities, that is, to "propitiate" them.

Answer 2

Piety is the willingness one feels to fulfill religious obligations and to be reverent to God, or a higher power. Also, you could possibly view piety as simply being pious or faithful to your parents, your country, friends, etc. Usually, we equate piety with being spiritual - but it can also be used in this other sense.

Everyone has their own example of piety, or gritty definition - here are a few more.

Socrates on piety:

http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2d.htm

Filial piety:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filial_piety

Other attempts at defining piety:

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~philo100/Shineups.html

Answer 3

Hi!
Piety is usually a form of devotion to religion.
Luv
Metia
XO

Answer 4

pi·e·ty (p-t)
n. pl. pi·e·ties
1. The state or quality of being pious, especially:
a. Religious devotion and reverence to God.
b. Devotion and reverence to parents and family: filial piety.
2. A devout act, thought, or statement.
3.
a. A position held conventionally or hypocritically.
b. A statement of such a position: "the liberated pieties of people who believe that social attitudes have kept pace with women's aspirations" Erica Abeel.

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Answer 5

It really is tempting to tell u the meaning. I could not overcome the temptation to give you the better advice: learn to be more self-sufficient. If you don't have a real (made out of paper) dictionary at home, navigate to an ONLINE one and research it for yourself!!
Ain't no piety here, just laziness.

Answer 6

holiness. As in the piety of the Pope is often lacking. (chuckle)

Answer 7

Piety is a desire and willingness to perform religious duties. It is a traditional virtue because religion is the only known way to win the favor or forgiveness of deities, that is, to "propitiate" them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piety

(see pelican)
www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/common/sitepages/heraldry_p.asp

Just as faith was an important medieval virtue of particular importance to knights, piety kept that faith strongly held.
www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_p.htm

(Pietaet) is "the subjection toward the holders of authority and toward one another" (SC, House Community).
www.ne.jp/asahi/moriyuki/abukuma/outline/outline_basic_concept.html

Reverence toward God or the gods; religious devoutness
www.innvista.com/culture/religion/diction.htm

Answer 8

Try this link.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Piety

Answer 9

Is a noun which means a person strongly believing in religion, and living in a way which shows this belief

an adverb for it would be piously

Answer 10

it's a Noun

1. reverence and devotion to god
2. similar reverence to one's parents and family
3. a devout act or thought