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Piety
(4,991 words)
1. Christianity
1. TerminologyThe German abstract noun
Frömmigkeit (piety) and the adjective it is based on –
fromm (pious, devout) – were long polysemous. Until the late 19th century, they preserved their original meaning: OHG
fruma meant “benefit,” “usefulness”; the derived MHG adjective
vrum (
frumb) was used in the sense of “beneficial,” “useful” (e.g.
ein frommes Pferd [a useful horse];
zum Nutz und Frommen [to the benefit (of someone)]). As an expression of orderliness, God himself is extolled as
fromm in hymns (Hymn [church anthem]): the apostrophe
O Gott du…
Date:
2020-10-06
