All 13 Uses of
pious
in
Robinson Crusoe
- Nor did he less show his piety and wisdom in applying himself to his country people, and labouring to compose them, by the most powerful reasons, arguments, and persuasions.
piety = religious belief
- ...the maid, a pious and well educated young woman,
pious = highly religious
- But now I think it high time to speak of the young French priest of the order of St. Benedict, whose judicious and pious discourses, upon sundry occasions, merit an extraordinary observation;
pious = religious
- But now I think it high time to speak of the young French priest of the order of St. Benedict, whose judicious and pious ...nor can his being a French Papist priest, I presume, give offence to any of my readers, when they have this assurance from me, that he was a person of the most courteous disposition, extensive charity, and exalted piety.
piety = highly religious and moral behavior
- So sensibly was I touched with this discourse, and so satisfied with that ardent piety that inflamed his soul, that I desired him to accompany me to the Englishman's plantations, which he was very glad of, by reason they were the subject of what he designed to discourse with me about:
piety = religious belief
- Amazed with such true piety and sincerity, and considering the validity of a written contract, I acknowledged all that he said to be very just and kind, and that I would discourse with the man about it; neither could I see what reason they could have not to let him marry them, whose authority in that affair is owned to be as authentic as if they were married by any of our clergymen in England.
- No, no, it is your own moving pious arguments to her, has made conscience fling them back upon you.
pious = religious
- And such was the early piety of this new convert, that she made him promise never to forsake God any more,
piety = religious belief
- …lest, upon any disgust, they should have separated, or turned pirates, and so made the island a den of thieves, instead of a plantation of sober pious people:
pious = highly religious and moral
- At this place, my truly honest and pious clergyman left me;
*pious = highly religious or moral
- ...but I assure you it was with the greatest reluctance I parted from a person, whose virtue and piety merited the greatest esteem.
piety = highly religious and moral behavior
- …less can be founded upon his negative virtue, or what he has forborne to do: And if neither his negative nor positive piety can be equal to the reward, and to the eternity that reward is to last for, what then is to become of the Pharisee, when he is to be judged by the sincerity of his repentance, and rewarded, according to the infinite grace of God,
- But after all, it was not an apparition, but a grave and pious gentleman, who met him by mere accident, and had been sensible of his wickedness; and who never undeceived him, lest it should hinder his reformation.
pious = religious or moral
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral