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Impiety

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. The state of being impious.
    uncountable, usually
  2. An impious act.
    countable, usually
  3. The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolimpiedad
Françaisimpiété
DeutschPietätlosigkeit
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Examples

“[I]f the world and motion were not from Eternity, then God was Idle; were all the Aſſertions of Ariſtotle, which Theology pronounceth impieties. Which yet we need⟳ not ſtrange at from one, of whom a Father ſaith, Nec Deum coluit nec curavit [he neither worshipped nor cared for God]: […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Impig impignoration impimpi imping Impinge Impinged

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