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Pietist   Listen
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Pietist  n.  (Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.






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... VI's accession to the throne, Holberg was made Professor of History at the university. Pietist though he was, the new monarch was an enthusiastic patron of scholarship, and during his reign Holberg devoted himself almost exclusively to research, particularly for his History of Denmark, on which his present reputation as an historian rests. The one important work ...
— Comedies • Ludvig Holberg



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