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  • impiety — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of piety Nouns 1. impiety, impiousness; irreverence; profaneness, profanity, profanation; blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege; apostasy, iconoclasm; scoffing; hardening, fall from grace; backsliding,… …   English dictionary for students

  • impiety — /im puy i tee/, n., pl. impieties. 1. lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence. 2. lack of dutifulness or respect. 3. an impious act, practice, etc. [1300 50; ME impietie < L impietas, equiv. to impi(us) IMPIOUS +… …   Universalium

  • Joinville, Jean, sire de — born с 1224, Joinville, Champagne died Dec. 24, 1317, Joinville French chronicler. A member of the lesser nobility of Champagne, Joinville became friends with Louis IX while taking part in the Seventh Crusade (1248–54). His famous Histoire de… …   Universalium

  • blasphemy — blas·phe·my / blas fə mē/ n pl mies: the crime of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God or a religion and its doctrines and writings and esp. God as perceived by Christianity and Christian doctrines and writings see also… …   Law dictionary

  • impiety — /ɪmˈpaɪəti/ (say im puyuhtee) noun (plural impieties) 1. lack of piety; lack of reverence for God; ungodliness. 2. lack of dutifulness or respect. 3. an impious act, practice, etc …  

  • impiety — [im pī′ə tē] n. [ME impietie < OFr or L: OFr impiété < L impietas] 1. a lack of piety; specif., a) lack of reverence for God b) lack of respect or dutifulness, as toward a parent 2. pl. impieties an impious act or remark …   English World dictionary

  • Impieties — Impiety Im*pi e*ty ([i^]m*p[imac] [ e]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Impieties} ([i^]m*p[imac] [ e]*t[i^]z). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi[ e]t[ e]. See {Impious}, {Piety}.] 1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Impiety — Im*pi e*ty ([i^]m*p[imac] [ e]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Impieties} ([i^]m*p[imac] [ e]*t[i^]z). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi[ e]t[ e]. See {Impious}, {Piety}.] 1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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