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  • noun The condition of being pious; piety

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  • noun righteousness by virtue of being pious

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Examples

  • Their piousness is the force beyond, say, their lyrics.

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  • "piousness" itself is something that have to be dealt with in another article.

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  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • Thirty years older than Nowotny, Allen narrated his autobiography with an intoxicating mix of worldly wisdom, religious piousness and grandfatherly charm.

    Edgar Allen 2010

  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

  • It turned out, though, that America -- after the coarseness of Johnson, the darkness of Nixon, the awkwardness of Ford and the piousness of Carter -- was happier with Reagan's genuine fakeness.

    Paul Slansky: Spoiler Alert! I Was Not a Reagan Fan Paul Slansky 2011

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