pious
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 →
2) (sometimes) Pious can mean acting very good in a way that seems not quite sincere. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The book is said to be revealed only to the pious, which tradition uses to say its secrets are kept for the modest and worthy. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and stories, a good and religious person, often a prince, a woman or a holy man
examples
- It was revealed to him by Jeremiah tlie piopliet, and it must not be revealed to anyone except the pious" (the modest?;. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Pelops was a pious and virtuous prince. tree →
- You are the most pious woman I know. tree →
- The pious monk prayed every night. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.