Meanings
nounpietism (countable and uncountable, plural pietisms)
plural pietisms
- capitalizedcountableoftenuncountableChristianityA movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 739
Synonyms & antonyms
nounexaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
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Translations
Catalan pietisme
- pietismemovement in the Lutheran church
Czech pietismus
- pietismusmovement in the Lutheran church
Dutch piëtisme
- piëtismemovement in the Lutheran church
Finnish pietismi
- pietismimovement in the Lutheran church
French piétisme
- piétismemovement in the Lutheran church
German Pietismus
- Pietismusmovement in the Lutheran church
Greek ευσεβισμός
- ευσεβισμός (efsevismós)movement in the Lutheran church
Hungarian pietizmus
- pietizmusmovement in the Lutheran church
Icelandic heittrúarstefna
- heittrúarstefnamovement in the Lutheran church
Irish diaigínteacht
- diaigínteachtmovement in the Lutheran church
Italian pietismo
- pietismomovement in the Lutheran church
Polish pietyzm
- pietyzmmovement in the Lutheran church
Portuguese pietismo
- pietismomovement in the Lutheran church
Spanish pietismo
- pietismomovement in the Lutheran church
Swedish pietism
- pietismmovement in the Lutheran church
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APA
pietism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pietism
MLA
“pietism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pietism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pietism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pietism.
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