piosity

They knew all the signs of the dance and all about it, in those days, when it was not unusual to see three generations of the same family in the same set; when the healthful mind and conscience recognized the fact that the majority of people commit forty times more sin with their tongues than they do with their toes; when the blessed differentiation was made between "piosity" (as Bishop Williams of Connecticut happily expresses it) and piety - between goodishness and godliness.

The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war, 1901

Of people that do make such a fuss of prayers and piosity, Jesus said that the only benefits for them were the fleeting attention that they got.

Prayer in Public and Schools 2006

Instead of actually practicing what Jesus taught, religion became far more about beliefs and public displays of piosity.

Why all the fury over The Da Vinci Code? 2006

But let's make sure that we're dealing with just Jesus and not a bunch of institutionalized add-ons that try to replace the teachings of Jesus with idol worship and public piosity.

Is America a Christian Nation? 2006

However it is done, it should be honest, frank, and free from piosity.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899

I also believe that mixing piosity with religiosity is akin to mixing a common household cleaner with ammonia.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Yankee47 2010

I also believe that mixing piosity with religiosity is akin to mixing a common household cleaner with ammonia.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local broadsquad 2010

I also believe that mixing piosity with religiosity is akin to mixing a common household cleaner with ammonia.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Yankee47 2010