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Webster 1913 Edition


Pietist

Pi′e-tist

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
pietist
, F.
piétiste
. See
Piety
.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; – often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pietist

PI'ETIST

,
Noun.
One of a sect professing great strictness and purity of life, despising learning, school theology and ecclesiastical polity, as also forms and ceremonies in religion, and giving themselves up to mystic theology. This sect sprung up among the protestants of Germany, in the latter part of the seventeenth century.

Definition 2024


Pietist

Pietist

See also: pietist

English

Noun

Pietist (plural Pietists)

  1. Alternative form of pietist

pietist

pietist

See also: Pietist

English

Alternative forms

Noun

pietist (plural pietists)

  1. A supporter of pietism.

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