As a child, Gabe had been forced by his pious mother to spend long hours on his knees in chapel.

Fairfield Park had been his refuge from a drunken father and a pious mother.

Instead, all she could see was that something was up and that her pious, simple mother was part of it.

It was the clergy of his pious mother, who contended with eight children and an alcoholic husband.

Oh, a man does owe so much to a pious mother!

In reality, however, it was an homage to his pious mother.

Much though your holy and pious mother wished you to learn the craft!

Because of his delicate health, his pious mother had him confirmed at the tender age of one and a half years.

The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood.

Angel, one of Diego's students, is a handsome, moody young man, still a virgin in his 20's, constantly harassed by a pious mother.