Antonyms for impious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : im-pee-uhs, im-pahy-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm pi əs, ɪmˈpaɪ-

Definition of impious

Origin : 1590s, from Latin impius "without reverence, irreverent, wicked; undutiful, unpatriotic," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pius (see pious). Related: Impiously; impiousness.

adj not religious

Example sentences :

Error in speculative doctrine not impious - nor knowledge pious.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza

It seemed to me as if I had been heard, and that my impious prayers were about to be granted.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

It would be impious to strew our mother's bones along the way.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

This is so impious and abominable that I can never forgive him for it .
Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans

Do you not recollect that there was one idea which made the impious impious, and the pious pious?
Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato

And you can say that this place is a foul imposture; this holy image an impious fraud!
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

I might have slain him to dissolve the impious bond, yet I obeyed what is written.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Not the smallest little detachment of these impious polizones.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

The Christians were disliked, not as superstitious, but as impious.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

And the teacher herself was the first to see the impious outrage.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower

Synonyms for impious

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