All 8 Uses of
pious
in
Dante's Paradise -- translated by Norton
- Often ere now, brother, has it happened that, in order to escape peril, that which it was not meet to do has been done against one's liking; even as Alcmaeon (who thereto entreated by his father, slew his own mother), not to lose piety, pitiless became.
Canto 1-11piety = faithful or moral behavior
- Thus was said to me by one of those pious spirits; and by Beatrice, "Speak, speak securely, and trust even as to gods."
Canto 1-11pious = religious
- Thy voice, then, that ever charms the heavens, with the song of those pious fires which make a cowl for themselves with their six wings,[1] why does it not satisfy my desires?
Canto 1-11
- [5] Not for license to compound for unjust acquisitions by de. voting a part of them to pious uses.
Canto 12-22
- Thus did the pious shade of Anchises advance (if our greatest Muse merits belief), when in Elysium he perceived his son.
Canto 12-22
- Through being just and pious am I here exalted to that glory which lets not itself be conquered by desire;
Canto 12-22 *pious = highly religious and moral
- His eyes and his cheeks were overspread with benignant joy, in pious mien such as befits a tender father.
Canto 23-33pious = religious or faithful
- ...this most just and pious empire.
Canto 23-33pious = highly religious and moral
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral