Synonyms for impiety
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pahy-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpaɪ ɪ ti |
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Définition of impiety
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French impieté (12c.), from Latin impietatem (nominative impietas) "irreverence, ungodliness; disloyalty, treason," noun of quality from impius (see impious).
- noun ungodliness
- noun an impious act
- Their spirit of profanation and impiety arrived at the extreme pitch.
- Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
- In the Euthyphro, Socrates is awaiting his trial for impiety.
- Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato
- Which shows, Socrates, how little they know what the gods think about piety and impiety.
- Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato
- Euthyphro replies, that 'Piety is what is dear to the gods, and impiety is what is not dear to them.'
- Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato
- I am sure, therefore, that you know the nature of piety and impiety.
- Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato
- There are three causes of impiety, and from each of them spring impieties of two kinds, six in all.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Will not the fear of impiety enable them to conquer that which many who were inferior to them have conquered? '
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Death or expulsion was the Athenian penalty for impiety (Telfy).
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Magic, impiety, enchantments, are often the effects of a diseased imagination.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- I can show that what I say is true, and first I will speak of their impiety.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
Antonyms for impiety
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