By the time she was 17, she rejected marriage offers, opting instead to lead a pious life.
en.wikipedia.org This temple is considered very pious by the tribals and non-tribals.
en.wikipedia.org Women were encouraged to be chaste, pious, submissive, modest, selfless, graceful, pure, delicate, compliant, reticent, and polite.
en.wikipedia.org He was very pious, both in terms of his observance of religious rituals and his personal generosity to the church.
en.wikipedia.org 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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