Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts." Milton. "Pious poetry." Johnson. Where was the martial brother's pious care Pope.
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
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