piety
noun/ˈpaɪəti/
/ˈpaɪəti/
[uncountable]- the state of having or showing a deep respect for somebody/something, especially for God and religion; the state of being pious opposite impietyTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘devotion to religious observances’): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas ‘dutifulness’, from pius ‘dutiful, pious’.
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