impiety

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being impious. uncountable,usually
  2. An impious act. countable,usually
    — [I]f the world and motion were not from Eternity, then God was Idle; were all the Aſſertions of Ariſtotle, which Theology pronounceth impieties. Which yet we need not ſtrange at from one, of whom a Father ſaith, Nec Deum coluit nec curavit [he neither worshipped nor cared for God]: […]
  3. The lack of respect for a god or something sacred. uncountable,usually

词形变化

impieties plural

词汇关系

近义词
ungodliness

词源

From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”). By surface analysis, impious + -ety.
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