(pī′ə·tiz′əm) noun
1. Piety or godliness; devotion, as distinguished from insistence on religious creeds or forms.
2. Affected or exaggerated piety.
—pi′e·tist noun
—pi′e·tis′tic adjective

(pī′ə·tiz′əm) noun
A movement in the Lutheran Church in Germany during the later 17th century, advocating a revival of the devotional ideal.
—Pi′e·tist noun
—Pi′e·tis′tic adjective