Pietism

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpʌɪətɪz(É™)m/

Origin

From piety + -ism.

Full definition of pietism

Noun

1. (Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.
• 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 739:From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.