| But their wishes, even pious ones, do not trump the natural right of parents to decide such a matter. |
| This is a tale about a pious young soldier who is tempted and seduced by a beautiful woman. |
| The resulting properly pious disposition serves the earthly church by providing it with members who do not challenge sacerdotal authority. |
| While middle-aged women of pious persuasion are novelizing as hugely as ever, adolescent girl threnodists have fallen into a decline. |
| Honest and pious Muslims opposed to Umayyads usurping power were severely persecuted. |
| On the other hand pious people often have little respect for what they dismiss as milk-and-water values like kindness and compassion. |
