See Also: pietist(dictionary)

pietist (iou)



pietist noun. L17.
[German, from Latin pietas: see PIETY, -IST.]
Ecclesiastical History. (Also Pietist.) A follower of pietism. L17.
A person characterized by or professing (often affected or exaggerated) piety; a person devoted to strict religious practice, esp. as opp. to intellectual belief. M18.
pie'tistic adjective pertaining to pietists or pietism; characterized by pietism: M19.
pie'tistical adjective (rare) = pietistic E19.
pie'tistically adverb (rare) L19.