impiety
pronunciation
How to pronounce impiety in British English:
UK [ɪm'paɪətɪ]
How to pronounce impiety in American English:
US [ɪm'paɪətɪ]
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- Noun:
- unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
Word Origin
- impiety (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French impieté (12c.), from Latin impietatem (nominative impietas) "irreverence, ungodliness; disloyalty, treason," noun of quality from impius (see impious).
Example
- 1. They have become notorious because of their impiety towards me .
- 2. Mankind have even committed the impiety of attributing similar desires to the deity whom they imagine avid for continual praise .
- 3. The church accused him of impiety and had all his writings burned .
- 4. To neglect or deviate from them was equivalent to an act of impiety .
- 5. His last act must be a deed of impiety .