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Pitier

Pit′i-er

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Noun.
One who pities.
Gauden.

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pitier

pitier

English

Noun

pitier (plural pitiers)

  1. One who pities.
    • 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes: Or a Defense by way of Apology for the Ministry and Ministers of the Church:
      The high Esteemers, the hearty Lovers, the liberal Relievers, the unfeigned Pitiers, the faithful Advocates, and the earnest Intercessors, for the distressed Ministers; the so much despighted and (by many) despised Ministry of this Church.
    • 1867, Authorized report of the papers, prepared addresses, and discussions of the Church Congress held at Wolverhampton on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 1st, 2d, 3d, & 4th, 1867, page 248:
      Pity implies the assertion of superiority in the pitier; and it is a gratification of a man's pride to go about pitying those who are perhaps a great deal better than himself.
    • 2011, Dana LaCourse Munteanu, Tragic Pathos: Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy:
      The unsettling potential of pity to “entrap” the pitier, as exposed in these Euripidean plays, has fascinating political implications. In all instances, a possible unresolved conflict exists between the pitier and the pitied.