pious
If someone is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of his religion, he is pious. Don't become a priest if you're not prepared to live a pious life.
Pious comes from the Latin pius, which means dutiful. It doesn't always have to be used to talk about organized religion. If someone believes deeply in something, and lets everyone see it through their behavior, then they are pious, whether they're pious Christians or pious environmentalists. It differs from its synonym devout, which implies deep religious sentiment, whereas pious emphasizes the public display of feeling.
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having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity“pious readings”synonyms:devotionalrelating to worshipholier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteousexcessively or hypocritically piousprayerfuldisposed to pray or appearing to prayreligioushaving or showing belief in and reverence for a deitysacredconcerned with religion or religious purposesvirtuousmorally excellentunworldlynot concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerationsantonyms:impiouslacking piety or reverence for a godirreligioushostile or indifferent to religionwickedmorally bad in principle or practice
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