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
Example sentences :
  • 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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