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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pietistic  \Pi`e*tis"tic\,  Pietistical  \Pi`e*tis"tic*al\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Pietists;  hence  in  contempt, 
  affectedly  or  demonstratively  religious.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pietistic 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  Pietism;  "the  Pietistic  movement"  [syn:  {pietistical}] 
  2:  excessively  or  hypocritically  pious;  "a  sickening 
  sanctimonious  smile"  [syn:  {holier-than-thou},  {pietistical}, 
  {pharisaic},  {pharisaical},  {sanctimonious},  {self-righteous}] 




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