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piety
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piety,zbožnost n: Zdeněk Brož
Piety
(gcide)
Piety \Pi"e*ty\, n. [F. pi['e]t['e]; cf. It. piet[`a]; both fr.
L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See Pious, and cf.
Pity.]
1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of
his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and
earnest devotion to his service.
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Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of
decaying man. --Rambler.
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2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion;
affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents,
relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
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Conferred upon me for the piety
Which to my country I was judged to have shown.
--Milton.
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Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See
Religion.
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piety
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piety
n 1: righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety,
piousness] [ant: impiety, impiousness]
piety
(devil)
PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed
resemblance to man.

The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
Judibras
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impiety
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piety
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piety,zbožnost n: Zdeněk Brož
Impiety
(gcide)
Impiety \Im*pi"e*ty\ ([i^]m*p[imac]"[-e]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Impieties ([i^]m*p[imac]"[-e]*t[i^]z). [L. impietas, fr.
impius impious; cf. F. impi['e]t['e]. See Impious,
Piety.]
1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence
toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
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2. An impious act; an act of wickedness.
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Those impieties for the which they are now visited.
--Shak.

Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness;
profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
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mount of piety
(gcide)
Mont de pi'et'e \Mont" de pi`['e]`t['e]"\ [F., fr. It. monte di
piet[`a] mount of piety.]
One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which
originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which
was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in
need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has
been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See
Lombard-house.
[1913 Webster]Mount \Mount\ (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr.
L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent,
menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. Mount, v., Mountain, Mont,
Monte, Montem.]
1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably
above the common surface of the surrounding land; a
mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain,
when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington;
otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
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2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]
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Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against
Jerusalem. --Jer. vi. 6.
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3. [See Mont de pi['e]t['e].] A bank; a fund.
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4. (Palmistry) Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the
palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the
influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter,
Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and
Venus.
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Mount of piety. See Mont de pi['e]t['e].
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Mount of piety
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Mont de pi'et'e \Mont" de pi`['e]`t['e]"\ [F., fr. It. monte di
piet[`a] mount of piety.]
One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which
originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which
was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in
need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has
been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See
Lombard-house.
[1913 Webster]Mount \Mount\ (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr.
L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent,
menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. Mount, v., Mountain, Mont,
Monte, Montem.]
1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably
above the common surface of the surrounding land; a
mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain,
when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington;
otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
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2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]
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Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against
Jerusalem. --Jer. vi. 6.
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3. [See Mont de pi['e]t['e].] A bank; a fund.
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4. (Palmistry) Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the
palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the
influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter,
Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and
Venus.
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Mount of piety. See Mont de pi['e]t['e].
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Pelican in her piety
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\ (p[e^]l"[i^]*kan), n. [F. p['e]lican, L.
pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. peleka`n, peleka^s, pele`kanos, the
woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr.
peleka^n to hew with an ax, fr. pe`lekys an ax, akin to Skr.
para[,c]u.] [Written also pelecan.]
1. (Zool.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus,
of which about a dozen species are known. They have an
enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a
pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.
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Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({Pelecanus
fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter,
but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and
British America.
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2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or
tubes leading back from the head to the body for
continuous condensation and redistillation.
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Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms
of distilling apparatus.
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Frigate pelican (Zool.), the frigate bird. See under
Frigate.

Pelican fish (Zool.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx
pelecanoides}) of the order Lyomeri, remarkable for the
enormous development of the jaws, which support a large
gular pouch.

Pelican flower (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped
blossom of a climbing plant (Aristolochia grandiflora)
of the West Indies; also, the plant itself.

Pelican ibis (Zool.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus
leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of
feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the
tail greenish black.

Pelican in her piety (in heraldry and symbolical art), a
representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her
breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a
practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of
which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of
charity.

Pelican's foot (Zool.), a marine gastropod shell of the
genus Aporrhais, esp. Aporrhais pes-pelicani of
Europe.
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impiety
(wn)
impiety
n 1: unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
[syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness]
piety
(wn)
piety
n 1: righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety,
piousness] [ant: impiety, impiousness]
impiety
(devil)
IMPIETY, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.
piety
(devil)
PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed
resemblance to man.

The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.
Judibras

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