pietist
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- noun
- /ˈpaɪɪtɪst/
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pietista
- From Quakers to Reformers to Pietists to Contemplatives, they all encourage us in the way of meditative prayer.
- 17th century Pietists
Examples
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Pietists look to colonies of God.
Fiction book (1991) -
The first branch included dissenting sects (I shall refer to them all as "Nonconformists") such as the Pietists in Germany and the Netherlands and the Methodists and Quakers in England.
Academic text (1990) -
Pietists "are not all to be shunned," he said.
Academic text (2006) -
My parents, being Methodists, were also Pietists—that is, they were serious about cultivating their relationship with God.
Academic text (2014) -
The seven Amana villages were founded in the mid-nineteenth century by German Pietists, members of the Community of True Inspiration who, like so many religious minorities, left a scene of Old World persecution for a new life in America.
Academic text (1990) -
The pietists emphasized heartfelt devotion over formal church rituals, fostering a deep personal faith.
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Many pietists believed that personal experience of God was more important than following rigid doctrines.
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In his community, the pietists encouraged individuals to develop a passionate and personal relationship with their faith.
Antonyms
How Devout
Surface Forms
Morphology
pietist = pietism (semi-transparent) = piet + ist
Formally built from the combining element 'piet-' (related to 'piety') + the agentive suffix '-ist', but 'piet-' is a non-productive Latin-derived form and the word often refers to a specific historical movement (Pietism), so the precise meaning is not fully predictable for learners.
Etymology
Pietist comes from the English word piety and the Latin root pius, which means 'devout' or 'religious'. It first named people in a 17th-century movement in Germany who wanted more personal faith, so a pietist is someone who puts inner devotion before formal ritual.