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Piety is a
virtue which may
include religious devotion or spirituality. A
common element in most
conceptions of
piety is a duty of respect. In a religious...
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Filial piety is the
virtue of
exhibiting love and
respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors,
particularly within the
context of Confucian, Chinese...
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reinforced by
widely read
medieval bestiaries. The
device of "a
pelican in her
piety" or "a
pelican vulning (from
Latin vulnerō, "I wound, I injure, I hurt")...
- "Works of
piety", in Methodism, are
certain spiritual disciplines that
along with the "works of mercy",
serve as a
means of grace, in
addition to being...
- The
Zealots of
Piety (Russian: Кружок ревнителей благочестия, romanized: Kružok
revnitelej blagočestija) was a
circle of
ecclesiastical and
secular individuals...
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Piety in
Islam is one of the most
important Islamic ethics. It is
called commonly by
Muslims as taqwa. In the
Quran piety is
defined as: 2:177 True piety...
- A
mount of
piety is an
institutional pawnbroker run as a
charity in
Europe from
Renaissance times until today.
Similar institutions were
established in...
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Knightly Piety refers to a
specific strand of
Christian belief espoused by
knights during the
Middle Ages. The term
comes from Ritterfrömmigkeit, coined...
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Affective piety is most
commonly described as a
style of
highly emotional devotion to the
humanity of Jesus,
particularly in his
infancy and his death...
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piety in
Christianity is an
expression of
faith which avails of
certain cultural elements proper to a
specific environment which is
capable of...
