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Definition of Impiety
1. Noun. Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.
Generic synonyms: Unrighteousness
Specialized synonyms: Undutifulness, Irreligion, Irreligiousness, Godlessness, Ungodliness
Antonyms: Piety
Derivative terms: Impious, Impious
Definition of Impiety
1. n. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
Definition of Impiety
1. Noun. The state of being impious ¹
2. Noun. An impious act ¹
3. Noun. The lack of respect for a god or something sacred ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impiety
1. lack of piety [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impiety
Literary usage of Impiety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1832)
"A REPLY TO LADY MARY SHEPHERD OX impiety AND PROFESSOR STEWART. ... In the
summation of the alleged impiety, As, however, her ladyship has recently ..."
2. Christian Iconography: Or, The History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages by Adolphe Napoléon Didron, Margaret McNair Stokes (1886)
"This chapter on the iconography of the Devil may fitly close with two allegorical
female figures, one symbolising impiety, and the other Covetousness. ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1808)
"A* to the accusation of impiety, Machiavel denies, that his laying the blame upon
the church of Rome, not only for all the misgovernment of Christendom, ..."
4. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"Will not the loose and careless be likely to be confirmed in impiety, when they
see these men, who were fostered in her bosom, who had subscribed to their ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1735)
"... yet till the well as impiety, and whether more Ignorance Time of the Utter
their Chronology is un-1 er more impiety, let the impartial Reader ce"1,'n- . ..."
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