Bible Dictionaries
Pious

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.

(2):

(a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pious.html. 1828.