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religious or highly moral
- Something far away from a puny and pious life!Book 11 — A Song of Joys (38% in)
pious = behaving in a highly moral or religious manner
- Piety and conformity to them that like,
Peace, obesity, allegiance, to them that like,
I am he who tauntingly compels men, women, nations,
Crying, Leap from your seats and contend for your lives!Book 23 — By Blue Ontario's Shore.... (8% in) - I swear I will stand by my own nativity, pious or impious so be it;Book 23 — By Blue Ontario's Shore.... (80% in)
- Gigantic, visionary, thyself a visionary,
With majestic limbs and pious beaming eyes,
Spreading around with every look of thine a golden world,
Enhuing it with gorgeous hues.Book 26 — Passage to India (61% in) - The known leaders and inventors and the rich owners and pious and distinguish'd may be well,
But there is more account than that, there is strict account of all.Book 29 — To Think of Time (77% in)
piety = highly religious and moral behavior
pious = highly moral
pious = appearing highly moral
pious = highly moral or religious
There are no more uses of "pious" in Leaves of Grass.
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