English noun: Pietism | |||
1. | Pietism (group) 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious movement | ||
Domain region | Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG, Germany | ||
2. | pietism (attribute) exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal | ||
Synonyms | religionism, religiosity, religiousism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | devoutness, religiousness | ||