pietism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpʌɪətɪz(ə)m/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English piety Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pietism From piety + -ism.
Meanings
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(capitalized, countable, often, uncountable) A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 739:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pietisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
church pietism · radical pietism
Relateds
Translations (15)
pl pietyzm (movement in the Lutheran church) · nl piëtisme (movement in the Lutheran church) · de Pietismus (movement in the Lutheran church) · es pietismo (movement in the Lutheran church) · sv pietism (movement in the Lutheran church) · fi pietismi (movement in the Lutheran church) · ca pietisme (movement in the Lutheran church) · it pietismo (movement in the Lutheran church) · hu pietizmus (movement in the Lutheran church) · el ευσεβισμός (movement in the Lutheran church) · ga diaigínteacht (movement in the Lutheran church) · cs pietismus (movement in the Lutheran church) · pt pietismo (movement in the Lutheran church) · fr piétisme (movement in the Lutheran church) · is heittrúarstefna (movement in the Lutheran church)