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pious | beleiver |

As an adjective pious

is of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.

As a noun beleiver is

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pious

English

Adjective

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  • Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious .

    Usage notes

    * Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".

    Synonyms

    * reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

    Antonyms

    * (of or pertaining to piety) impious, independent, profane

    Derived terms

    * piously * piousness

    Related terms

    * piety

    beleiver

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2005 , title = Walking the Walk by Faith , author = Mike Ratliff , location = Baltimore , publisher = PublishAmerica , isbn = 1413783544 , page = 92 , passage = They think the Spirit-led beleiver (SIC) just trys(SIC) harder than they do. , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=ymJ57LUbhPgC&pg=PA92 }}