Impiety
21impiety — im•pi•e•ty [[t]ɪmˈpaɪ ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality or state of being impious; irreverence 2) an impious act or practice • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < L …
22impiety — /ɪmˈpaɪəti/ (say im puyuhtee) noun (plural impieties) 1. lack of piety; lack of reverence for God; ungodliness. 2. lack of dutifulness or respect. 3. an impious act, practice, etc …
23impiety — n. (pl. ies) 1 a lack of piety or reverence. 2 an act etc. showing this. Etymology: ME f. OF impieteacute or L impietas (as IN (1), PIETY) …
24Impieties — Impiety Im*pi e*ty ([i^]m*p[imac] [ e]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Impieties} ([i^]m*p[imac] [ e]*t[i^]z). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi[ e]t[ e]. See {Impious}, {Piety}.] 1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward… …
25Socrates — /sok reuh teez /, n. 469? 399 B.C., Athenian philosopher. * * * born с 470, Athens died 399 BC, Athens Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy. Because he wrote… …
26Imperial cult (ancient Rome) — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …
27ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
28blasphemy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. irreverence, profanity; heresy. See impiety. Ant., piety. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impiety, sacrilege, profanity, irreverence, disrespect, swearing, cursing, obscenity, lewdness, reviling, scoffing,… …
29sacrilege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. desecration, profanation, blasphemy, impiety, irreverence, disrespect; defilement; sin, trespass, transgression; vandalism. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. profanation, desecration, blasphemy, impiety, curse …
30Prayer to Saint Michael — The Prayer to Saint Michael is a Catholic prayer addressed to Michael the archangel. It is used most prevalently among Catholics.Pope Leo XIII added it in 1888 to the Leonine Prayers, which two years earlier he had directed to be said after Low… …
