The Monte de Piedad was founded for the purpose of keeping the poor out of the clutches of the usurers.
The Monte de Piedad has survived all revolutions, and its ministry of relief to the sufferers by these revolutions and other misfortunes has been incalculably great and blessed.
The central office of the Monte de Piedad occupies the building known as the Palace of Cortez, which stands on the site of the ancient Palace of Montezuma, on the Plaza Mayor.
South, on the Piedad road, were artillery and infantry that could fire through the arches.
Su demudado rostro indicaba que aquella alma, consagrada a la piedad y a los estudios latinos, no estaba tan tranquila como de ordinario.
A reconnoissance was made in the afternoon by General Pillow as far as the town of Piedad and the Niño Perdido roads, one of which leads to the Belen gate of the city and the other through a gate of the same name.
The division of Quitman was ordered to unite with Pillow nearPiedad in the evening, and after nightfall both divisions were to move to Tacubaya.
The 88th regiment, in two subdivisions, under the command of Colonel Duff and Major Vandeleur, entered the city by the streets now known as Piedad and Cuyo.
At a council of war at La Piedad on the 11th, it was determined to establish batteries against Chapultepec, and carry it by assault, then to operate against the city as circumstances should dictate.
Smith's brigade did good service in conjunction with Quitman, and Riley at La Piedad kept the enemy in check during the storming of Chapultepec, and, afterwards joining Worth, did good service in the streets on the 14th.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "piedad" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
