Exaggerated religious zealotry.

Roget 987: piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness etc. adj.; saintship^†; religionism^†; sanctimony etc. (assumed piety) 988; reverence etc. (respect) 928; humility, veneration, devotion; prostration etc. (worship) 990; grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude^†; consecration.    spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness.    theopathy^†, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life; Body and Blood of Christ.    believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist^†; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame [Fr.], Our Lady.    the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light.    ... show more

Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal.

synonyms: pietism, religiosity, religiousism.

Dutch: religiositeit