Definition of Impiousness. Meaning of Impiousness. Synonyms of Impiousness

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Definition of Impiousness

Impiousness
Impious Im"pi*ous, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. -- Im"pi*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Impiousness from wikipedia

- Impious is a Swedish thrash/death metal band. Swedish thrash/death metal band Impious was formed by Valle Adzic and Martin Åkesson in April 1994. The...
- of one's religion, principles or cause; and from blasphemy, which is an impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things. Heresiology is the...
- myths, where they offend local nymphs and are punished by them for their impiousness. In one version of the myth, some nymphs, companions of Pan, lived in...
- Christians refused to cast a pinch of incense before the images of the gods, an impious act in their eyes. Impiety in ancient civilizations was a civic concern...
- Diabolic Impious Evil' is the third studio album by Polish death metal band Azarath. It was released on 16 September 2006 by Pagan Records. "CoC : Azarath...
- entertainments, and the impious worship of pagan gods, is now dedicated to the sufferings of the martyrs purified from impious superstitions. Other Christian...
- claiming that she had told Alexander, or that she dismissed the suggestion as impious. On the day Alexander was born, Philip was preparing a siege on the city...
- secretary wrote: "In this painting, there are but vulgarity, sacrilege, impiousness and disgust...One would say it is a work made by a painter that can paint...
- things. Chōmei believes that The Sphere is not impious, but The Sphere itself is the cause of his impiousness. In order to understand recluse literature's...
- Magnus] entered this city also and saw that grand Holy of Holies of an impious people exposed, Caelum under a golden vine" (Hierosolymam defendere temptavere...