pietist noun. ['pʌɪǝtɪst] L17.
[German, from Latin pietas: see PIETY, -IST.]
1. Ecclesiastical History. (Also Pietist.) A follower of pietism. L17.

2. A person characterized by or professing (often affected or exaggerated) piety; a person devoted to strict religious practice, esp. as opp. to intellectual belief. M18.

■ pie'tistic adjective pertaining to pietists or pietism; characterized by pietism: M19.

■ pie'tistical adjective (rare) = pietistic E19.

■ pie'tistically adverb (rare) L19.

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