pietism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion
noun exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

From piety + -ism.

These, however, were rather an expression of the spirit of pietism which pervaded the doctrines of the church than a fundamental positive proposition. — Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680, Jasper Danckaerts
Pitt did not sympathize with the pietism which now dominated the life of Wilberforce; but his religion was of a working type, and he may have welcomed the growth of convictions of a more practical kind, which would wean his friend from excessive introspection. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

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