Pious

French Meaning

pieux

religieux

saint

cagot

English Meaning

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

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