pious in the PONS Dictionary

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The atmosphere at the university was anything but pious or conducive to spiritual contemplation.
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He was considered filially pious, respectful, and intelligent in his youth.
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He put together a group of his most pious cardinals in order to move the process along.
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She was described as having lived a simple, pious, good-natured and industrious life.
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The pious founders enriched the new abbey by further donations.
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She was reported as having been very pious.
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He desired to be a priest, but circumstances denied him a common elementary education, imparted to him by a pious uncle.
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Her pious education was later very evident in her speeches.
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Who was a pious and religious person of great stature and respect.
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He was very pious, both in terms of his observance of religious rituals and his personal generosity to the church.
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