All 4 Uses of
pious
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- He was very pious, a great attender of sermons of the best preachers
*pious = religious
- He was a pious and prudent man; She, a discreet and virtuous woman.
pious = highly religious and moral
- Watson was a pious, sensible young man, of great integrity; the others rather more lax in their principles of religion, particularly Ralph, who, as well as Collins, had been unsettled by me, for which they both made me suffer.
- My parents had early given me religious impressions, and brought me through my childhood piously in the Dissenting way.
piously = religiously
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral