piteous

adjective4

1. •
   Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.

   • […] with his strong arms He fastened on my neck, and bellowed out As he’d burst heaven; threw him on my father; Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him That ever ear receiv’d — 1603
2. •
   (no longer used) Showing compassion.

   • Thine eye begins to speak; set thy tongue there; Or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine ear; That hearing how our plaints and prayers do pierce, Pity may move thee ‘pardon’ to rehearse. — 1595
3. •
   (no longer used) Of little importance or value.

   • […] calling to minde with heed Part of our Sentence, that thy Seed shall bruise The Serpents head; piteous amends, unless Be meant, whom I conjecture, our grand Foe Satan, — 1667
4. •
   (no longer used) Showing devotion to God.