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piety

Meaning of “piety”

Dutiful care and grateful repayment shown toward one’s own household or parents.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Timothy 5:4

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The KJV occurrence

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1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 5:4 · retained source text

But if any widow haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shew pietie at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

1611 marginal noteOr, kindenesse.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Reverence of parents or friends, accompanied with affection and devotion to their honor and happiness.

volume 2, leaf 295, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 111)