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Pietism   /pˈitɪzəm/   Listen
Pietism

noun
1.
17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion.
2.
Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal.  Synonyms: religionism, religiosity, religiousism.





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... passages of scripture. It was not, however, according to his own account, till he met the Baroness de Krudener—a religious adventuress who made the conversion of princes her special mission—at Basel, in the autumn of 1813, that his soul found peace. From this time a mystic pietism became the avowed force of his political, as of his private actions. Madame de Krudener, and her colleague, the evangelist Empaytaz, became the confidants of the emperor's most secret thoughts; and during the campaign ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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


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