All 9 Uses of
pious
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- "Most pious and holy elder," he cried, pointing to Ivan, "that is my son, flesh of my flesh, the dearest of my flesh!†
Chpt 2
- All the pious people in the town will talk about it and spread the story through the province, wondering what it meant.†
Chpt 2
- This Lizaveta was a dwarfish creature, "not five foot within a wee bit," as many of the pious old women said pathetically about her, after her death.†
Chpt 3
- Do you understand that, friend and brother, you pious and humble novice?†
Chpt 5
- The first to give utterance to this sentiment was a layman, an elderly official from the town, known to be a man of great piety.†
Chpt 7 *
- "I'll cheer you up, my pious boy.†
Chpt 7
- After rubbing your back, I believe, you drank what was left in the bottle with a certain pious prayer, only known to your wife?†
Chpt 12
- He was a conscientious doctor and an excellent and pious man, a Hernguter or Moravian brother, I am not quite sure which.†
Chpt 12
- Remember the sarcasms in which the prosecutor indulged at the expense of the respectful and 'pious' sentiments which suddenly came over the murderer.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral