| 释义 | [ pahy-i-tas ] / ˈpaɪ ɪˌtæs /
 nounthe ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.Words nearby Pietaspier table, pies, Piesporter, piet, Pietà, Pietas, Pietermaritzburg, Pietism, piet-my-vrou, Pietro da Cortona, pietyDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for PietasBlending with this notion of 'pietas,' we find the Platonic repudiation of sensuous and material life. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VI (of 8)|William WordsworthThis pietas Tewkesburiensis still survives, as flowers are annually laid upon the site of the grave. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury|H. J. L. J. MassSee the following extract from the colloquy of Erasmus, Pietas puerilis, edition Argent. The Oxford Reformers|Frederic SeebohmPietas is Virgil's word for religion, as it had been Cicero's in his more exalted moments. The Religious Experience of the Roman People|W. Warde Fowler
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