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Pietism   Listen
noun
Pietism  n.  
1.
The principle or practice of the Pietists.
2.
Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion. "The Schöne Seele, that ideal of gentle pietism, in "Wilhelm Meister.""





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"Pietism" Quotes from Famous Books



... under the direct influence of Miss Crow, the English mistress of the third and fourth, who had been educated at St. Catherine's herself, and was an ardent disciple of Miss Clifford's. Beth, although predisposed to pietism, had not been sensibly influenced by Miss Clifford's teaching heretofore; now, however, she attached herself to Miss Crow, who began at once to take a special interest in her spiritual welfare. She encouraged ...
— The Beth Book - Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius • Sarah Grand


Words linked to "Pietism" :   religiosity, devoutness, FRG, religionism, religious movement, pietistical, pietistic, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, religiousness, religiousism


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