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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Piety \Pi"e*ty\, noun [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.
Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. --Rambler.
2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.
Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. --Milton.
Syn: Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See {Religion}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
piety
noun: righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: {piousness}] [ant: {impiety}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "piety": Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affection, allegiance, ardor, cant, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, false piety, falseness, fealty, fervor, godliness, goody-goodiness, grace, holiness, hypocrisy, insincerity, loyalty, mealymouthedness, mummery, obedience, observance, oiliness, passion, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piousness, religionism, religiosity, religiousness, respect, reverence, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sanctity, self-righteousness, snivel, snuffle, unction, unctuousness, veneration, zeal
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PIETY, noun 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
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Piety Lat. pietas, properly honour and respect toward parents (1 Tim. 5:4). In Acts 17:23 the Greek verb is rendered "ye worship," as applicable to God.
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