English Explanatory Dictionary

baroque piety

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ostentatious form of popular Catholic piety, especially in Counter-Reformation Europe.

Word forms

baroque piety

Etymology

From baroque + piety, after French piété baroque.

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