All 7 Uses of
pious
in
The Last of the Mohicans
- Encouraged by his opinion, Alice did what her pious inclinations, and her keen relish for gentle sounds, had before so strongly urged.
Chpt 6pious = religious
- Cora bestowed an approving smile on the pious efforts of the namesake of the Jewish prince, and Heyward soon turned his steady, stern look from the outlet of the cavern, to fasten it, with a milder character, on the face of David, or to meet the wandering beams which at moments strayed from the humid eyes of Alice.
Chpt 9pious = religious or highly moral
- Exerting his renovated powers to their utmost, he was yet filling the arches of the cave with long and full tones, when a yell burst into the air without, that instantly stilled his pious strains, choking his voice suddenly, as though his heart had literally bounded into the passage of his throat.
Chpt 9
- ...believing that piety had never worn a form so lovely as it had now assumed in the youthful person of Alice.
Chpt 9piety = religious belief
- There he found David, pouring out his pious feelings through the only medium in which he ever indulged.
Chpt 17 *pious = religious
- Heyward, however, hastily interrupted his pious purpose by continuing questions concerning the past and present condition of his fellow captives, and in a manner more methodical than had been permitted by his feelings in the opening of their interview.
Chpt 22pious = religious or highly moral
- During the time David occupied in pouring out the pious feelings of his spirit in this manner, not a sign of surprise, nor a look of impatience, escaped them.
Chpt 33pious = religious
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral