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# pious

«pious» in Mova's school dictionary: **very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more pious, most pious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pious/#m1)

2) (sometimes) Pious can mean acting very good in a way that seems not quite sincere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and stories, a good and religious person, often a prince, a woman or a holy man

### examples

- Pelops was a pious and virtuous prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pious/#x1)
- You are the most pious woman I know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pious/#x2)
- The pious monk prayed every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pious/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.