piousness
Deep spiritual reverence
Piousness is the quality of being devout or religiously devoted.
The word often carries a negative edge, suggesting excessive or performative religiosity rather than genuine faith: His piousness struck me as an act for the congregation.
The neutral alternative is piety.
Earnest religious commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
dedication · prayer · worship · meditation · contemplation · observance · commitment · earnestness
Feigned moral superiority
- religiosityDevotion to faith
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- pharisaicalHypocritically self-righteous
- self-righteousSmugly certain of correctness
holier-than-thou · performative · hypocritical · affected · showy · pretense · display · zealotry
Sacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- blessednessState of spiritual grace
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- purityUncontaminated quality
consecration · sanctification · divinity · beatitude · grace · righteousness · hallowed · venerable
Moral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- goodnessMoral excellence
- rectitudeMoral straightness
integrity · probity · honor · conscience · decency · temperance · humility · chastity
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
incense · altar · shrine · offering · genuflection · prostration · ablution · vespers
devoutness
Earnest religious commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
zeal · dedication · prayer · worship · meditation · contemplation · observance · commitment · earnestness · steadfastness
sanctimony
Feigned moral superiority
- religiosityDevotion to faith
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- pharisaicalHypocritically self-righteous
self-righteous · holier-than-thou · performative · hypocritical · affected · showy · pretense · display · zealotry · puritanical
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- blessednessState of spiritual grace
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
purity · consecration · sanctification · divinity · beatitude · grace · righteousness · hallowed · venerable · immaculacy
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- goodnessMoral excellence
rectitude · integrity · probity · honor · conscience · decency · temperance · humility · chastity · self-denial
prayer
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
pilgrimage · incense · altar · shrine · offering · genuflection · prostration · ablution · vespers · matins
- pietydevoutness, holiness, godliness, righteousness, sanctity
piousnessimpiety
Irreverence toward the divine
irreverence · ungodliness · godlessness · blasphemy · sacrilege
piousnesswickedness
Moral corruption or evil
sinfulness · immorality · depravity · unrighteousness · iniquity
piousnesssincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
genuineness · authenticity · artlessness · guilelessness · naturalness