n.;
Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.
n. [ F. piété; cf. It. pietà; both fr. L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See Pious, and cf. Pity. ]
Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]
Conferred upon me for the piety
Which to my country I was judged to have shown. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]