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pieux in English:

1. godly godly


... Christi Americana, as" a godly, learned Englishman," if I...
Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.

English word "pieux"(godly) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Patience" (James W. Alexander)
Fiches du livre - "The Key To Peace" (A. Marie Miles)
Fiches du livre - "Acres of Diamonds" (Russell H. ...
Fiches du livre - "The Tempers" (William Carlos Wi...
Fiches du livre - "R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No...

2. piles piles


Snow falls silently and piles up ... on top of me.
Keiko deftly piles up the cutlery and takes them to the sink.

English word "pieux"(piles) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Star Lord" (Boyd Ellanby)
Fiches du livre - "The Story of Scraggles" (George...
Fiches du livre - "Cartoons and Caricatures of Sea...
Fiches du livre - "A Book of Cheerful Cats and Oth...
Fiches du livre - "Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowled...

3. pious


He was a quiet, pious man.
I'm tired of hearing politicians making pious pronouncements about their devotion to the people.
The definition of pious is someone or something that is devoted to religion. An example of pious is someone who goes to church every Sunday and studies the Bible throughout the week.
So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.
Most people that have money, they still end up empty.’ ” Dykstra tried countering Pedroza’s religious messaging with the example of his pious ex-teammate Gary Carter, who died of brain cancer, in 2012.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.

English word "pieux"(pious) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Troubadour" (Robert Augusti...
Fiches du livre - "History of Orrin Pierce" (Ameri...
Fiches du livre - "The Penitent Boy or, Sin Brings...
Fiches du livre - "An Heroic Epistle to the Right ...
Fiches du livre - "Four Hundred Humorous Illustrat...

4. devout


a devout Catholic
He represented the best tradition of Pakistan - a devout Muslim but not in any way fundamentalist.
Nevertheless, devout conversation on spiritual things helps no little with spiritual progress.

English word "pieux"(devout) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Health, Healing, and Faith" (Ru...
Fiches du livre - "The Wreck of the Hesperus" (Hen...
Fiches du livre - "The History of Don Quixote, Vol...