Both Uses of
pious
in
The Minister's Black Veil
- Covered with his black veil, he stood before the chief magistrate, the council, and the representatives, and wrought so deep an impression, that the legislative measures of that year were characterized by all the gloom and piety of our earliest ancestral sway.
piety = religious belief
- There were the deacons, and other eminently pious members of his church.
*pious = highly religious and moral
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral