Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pietist

Pietist , noun

[Compare German pietist, French piétiste. See Piety.]

(Ecclesiastical 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.