adjective
- having or showing deep religious devotion
- making a hypocritical display of virtue or religious devotion
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- She was raised in a pious household where prayer was part of daily life.
- The pious monk spent hours in meditation each day.
- His pious words seemed hollow given his recent behavior.
- The community respected her for her pious devotion to charity work.
- I found his pious lecture about morality rather annoying.
- The pious pilgrims traveled hundreds of miles to visit the shrine.