How do you use Pietistic in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pharisaic or pharisaical, plus the exact meaning.
Pietistic in a sentence
Pietistic meaning
- pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement)
- excessively pious
Synonyms of Pietistic
Using Pietistic
- The main meaning on this page is: pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement) | excessively pious
- Useful related words include: pietistical, religious movement, holier-than-thou, pharisaic.
- In the example corpus, pietistic often appears in combinations such as: pietistic protestant, devout pietistic.
Context around Pietistic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pietistic
- In this selection, "pietistic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, devout, romanticized, protestant, desire and upbringing stand out and add context to how "pietistic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a devout pietistic protestant realized and a devout pietistic protestant was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pietistic" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pietistic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His father, Friedrich, Sr., was a Pietistic Protestant, de and Engels was raised accordingly. (14 words)
Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestant, was alarmed that secularists and socialists were using the Kulturkampf to attack all religion. (19 words)
Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestant, realized his Kulturkampf was backfiring when secular and socialist elements used the opportunity to attack all religion. (22 words)
Pearson. p. 16. In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from moralistic convictions of pietistic Protestants. (30 words)
This is not to say that martyrdom in Northern Nigeria is sought for or informed by an individualistic and romanticized pietistic desire to die and be with Christ! (28 words)
Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestant, realized his Kulturkampf was backfiring when secular and socialist elements used the opportunity to attack all religion. (22 words)
This is not to say that martyrdom in Northern Nigeria is sought for or informed by an individualistic and romanticized pietistic desire to die and be with Christ! (28 words)
Example sentences (7)
This is not to say that martyrdom in Northern Nigeria is sought for or informed by an individualistic and romanticized pietistic desire to die and be with Christ!
Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestant, realized his Kulturkampf was backfiring when secular and socialist elements used the opportunity to attack all religion.
Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestant, was alarmed that secularists and socialists were using the Kulturkampf to attack all religion.
His father, Friedrich, Sr., was a Pietistic Protestant, de and Engels was raised accordingly.
Many were pietistic Protestant reformers who called for public schools to teach moral values and proposed prohibition to end the liquor problem.
Motifs such as The Empty Cross and Golgotha (both c. 1900) reflect a metaphysical orientation, and also reflect Munch's pietistic upbringing.
Pearson. p. 16. In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from moralistic convictions of pietistic Protestants.
Common combinations with pietistic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: