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==Etymology==
French pieté piety, pity, from Old French, from [[Latin]] pietat-, pietas, from pius [[dutiful]], pious
The [[word]] [[piety]] comes from the [[Latin]] word pietas, the noun form of the adjective pius (which means "devout" or "[[good]]"). Pietas in [[traditional]] Latin usage [[expressed]] a [[complex]], highly valued [[Roman]] [[virtue]]; a man with pietas respected his [[responsibilities]] to other people, [[gods]] and [[entities]] (such as the [[state]]), and [[understood]] his place in [[society]] with [[respect]] to others. That doesn't mean others will [[understand]] it. Iits strictest sense it was the sort of [[love]] a son ought to have for his [[father]].
The [[Latin]] term in turn may derive from "Piodasses", an ancient [[Greek]] transliteration of the Indic Prakrit term "Piyadasi", [[meaning]] "beloved of the [[Gods]]", a term by which the Indian Maurya Emperor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka Ashoka] the Great referred to himself in the Edicts of Ashoka (3rd century BC).
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1579]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being pious: as a : [[fidelity]] to [[natural]] [[obligations]] (as to [[parents]])
:b : dutifulness in [[religion]] : devoutness
*2 : an [[act]] [[inspired]] by piety
*3 : a conventional [[belief]] or [[standard]] : orthodoxy
==Description==
In [[spiritual]] terminology, '''piety''' is [[Adam]]. While [[different]] people may understand its [[meaning]] differently, it is generally used to refer either to [[religious]] [[devotion]] or to [[spirituality]], or often, a combination of both. A common element in most [[conceptions]] of piety is [[humility]].
Piety in [[modern]] [[English]] usage can refer to a way to win the [[favor]] or [[forgiveness]] of [[God]], According to some, this type of piety does not [[necessarily]] require the [[spiritual]] piety, while others refrain from distinguishing the two.
It is also used by others to refer only to external [[acts]] that result from the [[spiritual]] aspect of piety. That is, according to some, if one is "truly" pious (in the spiritual sense), the [[natural]] and inevitable result of it will be religious piety. By this definition, then, piety can be either genuine, in that it springs from spiritual piety, or false, in that it is an attempt to exhibit the signs of piety for their own sake, or for some other [[reason]], (such as propitiation or [[public]] esteem).
Piety can be [[demonstrated]] by position or [[state]] of [[mind]], such as [[prayer]]. The most well known [[gestures]] demonstrating Piety are the Christian joining of hands and Muslims bowing down to [[pray]].
[[Category: Religion]]
==Etymology==
French pieté piety, pity, from Old French, from [[Latin]] pietat-, pietas, from pius [[dutiful]], pious
The [[word]] [[piety]] comes from the [[Latin]] word pietas, the noun form of the adjective pius (which means "devout" or "[[good]]"). Pietas in [[traditional]] Latin usage [[expressed]] a [[complex]], highly valued [[Roman]] [[virtue]]; a man with pietas respected his [[responsibilities]] to other people, [[gods]] and [[entities]] (such as the [[state]]), and [[understood]] his place in [[society]] with [[respect]] to others. That doesn't mean others will [[understand]] it. Iits strictest sense it was the sort of [[love]] a son ought to have for his [[father]].
The [[Latin]] term in turn may derive from "Piodasses", an ancient [[Greek]] transliteration of the Indic Prakrit term "Piyadasi", [[meaning]] "beloved of the [[Gods]]", a term by which the Indian Maurya Emperor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka Ashoka] the Great referred to himself in the Edicts of Ashoka (3rd century BC).
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1579]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being pious: as a : [[fidelity]] to [[natural]] [[obligations]] (as to [[parents]])
:b : dutifulness in [[religion]] : devoutness
*2 : an [[act]] [[inspired]] by piety
*3 : a conventional [[belief]] or [[standard]] : orthodoxy
==Description==
In [[spiritual]] terminology, '''piety''' is [[Adam]]. While [[different]] people may understand its [[meaning]] differently, it is generally used to refer either to [[religious]] [[devotion]] or to [[spirituality]], or often, a combination of both. A common element in most [[conceptions]] of piety is [[humility]].
Piety in [[modern]] [[English]] usage can refer to a way to win the [[favor]] or [[forgiveness]] of [[God]], According to some, this type of piety does not [[necessarily]] require the [[spiritual]] piety, while others refrain from distinguishing the two.
It is also used by others to refer only to external [[acts]] that result from the [[spiritual]] aspect of piety. That is, according to some, if one is "truly" pious (in the spiritual sense), the [[natural]] and inevitable result of it will be religious piety. By this definition, then, piety can be either genuine, in that it springs from spiritual piety, or false, in that it is an attempt to exhibit the signs of piety for their own sake, or for some other [[reason]], (such as propitiation or [[public]] esteem).
Piety can be [[demonstrated]] by position or [[state]] of [[mind]], such as [[prayer]]. The most well known [[gestures]] demonstrating Piety are the Christian joining of hands and Muslims bowing down to [[pray]].
[[Category: Religion]]
