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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion;

2. exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal;
[syn: religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pietism \Pi"e*tism\ (p[imac]"[-e]*t[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. G. pietismus, F. pi['e]tisme.] 1. The principle or practice of the Pietists. [1913 Webster] 2. Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion. [1913 Webster] The Sch["o]ne Seele, that ideal of gentle pietism, in "Wilhelm Meister." --W. Pater. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pietism n 1: 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion 2: exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal [syn: religiosity, religionism, religiousism, pietism]