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Pietism

Pi·e·tism [ p ə tìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Lutheran movement reviving devotional ideals: a German Protestant movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that changed the focus of Lutheranism from ritual and church government to personal piety. It was founded by Philipp Jakob Spener.

[Late 17th century. < German Pietismus< Latin pietas (see piety)]
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