Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
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- noun A supporter of
pietism .
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Examples
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'If I were M. le Maire, saving your respect, I would not go out into an unknown danger with this man here, a man who is known as a pietist, as a clerical, as one who sees visions --'
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Dr Ganiel said "pietist" evangelicals - those who had decided that the world of politics was simply too grubby for Christians to take part in - could be reinforced by Mrs Robinson's demise.
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The German pietist and English Quaker movements certainly perceived themselves as having a theological affinity which separated them not just from Catholics, but from Puritans, Lutherans, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
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The German pietist and English Quaker movements certainly perceived themselves as having a theological affinity which separated them not just from Catholics, but from Puritans, Lutherans, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
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The German pietist and English Quaker movements certainly perceived themselves as having a theological affinity which separated them not just from Catholics, but from Puritans, Lutherans, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
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The German pietist and English Quaker movements certainly perceived themselves as having a theological affinity which separated them not just from Catholics, but from Puritans, Lutherans, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
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The German pietist and English Quaker movements certainly perceived themselves as having a theological affinity which separated them not just from Catholics, but from Puritans, Lutherans, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
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The German pietist and English Quaker movements certainly perceived themselves as having a theological affinity which separated them not just from Catholics, but from Puritans, Lutherans, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Thought on American Jewish Demography 2010
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Hegel and could also be traced in neo-pietist texts
Romantic Fear 2008
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Schubert still also make use of Christian and pietist vocabularies of soul, thinking of the psyche as simply something encapsulating the dynamic essence of the person which will transcend its current earthly existence and take on a future, entirely spiritual life.
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