piousness
/ˈpaɪəsnəs/
noun
- The quality of being deeply religious or devoted to a faith.
- The community admired the old man's quiet piousness.
- His piousness led him to become a missionary in a foreign country.
- Her piousness was evident in her daily acts of charity.
- A show of being morally good or religious that is not sincere; sanctimony.
- I was tired of his piousness and his constant judgment of others.
- Behind her piousness was a selfish desire for praise.
- The speech was full of piousness but offered no real solutions.
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