All 3 Uses of
pious
in
Antigone
- O sister, scorn me not, let me but share
Thy work of piety, and with thee die.*piety = highly moral behavior
- Alas, my piety is impious deemed.
- Such meed my piety hath won.
Definitions:
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(1)
(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral
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(2)
(pious as in: a pious hypocrite) self-righteous (acting as though one is, or believing one is highly moral when it is not true)
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(3)
(pious as in: cling to the pious hope) (describing a hope or wish as) sincere, but highly unlikely