Pietistic synonyms

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holier-than-thou
Sanctimonious or self-righteous to an annoying degree; priggish
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pharisaic
Of the Pharisees
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pharisaical
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. [from 16th c.]
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sanctimonious
Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
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self-righteous
Exhibiting smug or unwarranted confidence in one's own righteousness:
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devotional
(Usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
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devout
Devoted to a religion or to the fulfillment of religious obligations:
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godly
Having great reverence for God; pious.
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holy
(Slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
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pious
Having or showing religious devotion; zealous in the performance of religious obligations
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prayerful
That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent. [from 17th c.]
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religious
Extremely scrupulous or conscientious:
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saintly
Of, relating to, resembling, or befitting a saint.
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religion (related)
Deeply concerned with God and the beliefs and practice of religion
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Find another word for pietistic. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pietistic, like: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous, devotional, devout, godly, holy, pietistical and pious.
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Pietistic Sentence Examples

  • Baumgarten, though he did not renounce the Pietistic doctrine, began the process which Semler completed.

  • It had a wide influence in awakening popular piety, and the works that issued from it formed the textbooks of mystical and pietistic minds in the centuries that followed.

  • The sect was the outcome of one of the many Pietistic movements of the 17th century, and was founded in 1708 by Alexander Mack of Schwarzenau, Germany, and seven of his followers, upon the general issue that both the Lutheran and Reformed churches were taking liberties with the literal teachings of the Scriptures.

  • He was also known as the author of sacred poems. Gottfried Arnold has rightly been classed with the pietistic section of Protestant historians (Bibliotheca Sacra, 1850).

  • Protestantism; on the contrary, he yearned to beat these by their own weapons, chiefly by showing them that Catholics could interpret the Bible in a manner quite as mystical and pietistic as theirs.

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