All 3 Uses of
pious
in
Half the Sky
- He passes himself off as a Pentecostal pastor and piously wore a REBELS FOR CHRIST button on his uniform, apparently because he thought it would win him American support.
Chpt 5piously = in a manner intended to appear as though it reflected religious faith
- It has been much harder for pious Muslims to ignore unpleasant and antiquated passages in the Koran, because it is believed to be not just divinely inspired but literally the word of God.
Chpt 9pious = highly religious
- It pains her, as a pious Muslim, that some fundamentalists want to kill her in the name of Islam.
Chpt 9 *pious = religious
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral