Devout
[dɪ'vaʊt]
Definition
(adj.) deeply religious; 'a god-fearing and law-abiding people' H.L.Mencken .
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Definition
(v. t.) Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
(v. t.) Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
(v. t.) Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.
(n.) A devotee.
(n.) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
Checker: Maryann
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Religious, pious, holy, saintly, devotional, godly, saint-like, heavenly-minded.[2]. Sincere, earnest, serious, grave, solemn.
Typist: Zamenhof
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:religious, pious, godly, saintly, holy, prayerful
ANT:Irreligious, impious, profane, unholy
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Definition
adj. given up to religious thoughts and exercises: pious: solemn: earnest.—adv. Devout′ly.—n. Devout′ness.
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Examples
- I had always expected to become devout. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- All my family died very devout. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Little did my poor aunt imagine what a gush of devout thankfulness thrilled through me as she approached the close of her melancholy story. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And if you ever become devout pray for me if I am dead. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Their ideas jarred so little with the essentials of Christianity that they believed themselves to be devout Christians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are a devout worshipper, I perceive. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This man Blanquet was a man of extreme seriousness and furthermore very devout. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They became not very devout Moslems, retaining many traces of their earlier barbaric Shamanism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Raymond and I made a part of the concert, and Adrian and Perdita were devout listeners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He is not merely wearing the symbols of these gods as a devout Babylonian might wear the symbols of Bel-Marduk; he is these three gods in one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She often repeated her prayers; not at particular times, but, like the unaffectedly devout, when she desired to pray. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I had expected to become more devout as I grow older but somehow I haven't, he said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Lieutenant Berrendo was a very devout Catholic. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Père Silas took an interest in this prospective improvement for the sake of religion and the church, whereof Magliore Walravens was a devout daughter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I might become very devout, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The devout hope is that he is doing well. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is a pity she was not a queen, said the devout Sir James. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I had expected to become devout myself but it has not come. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Cassy yielded at once, and with her whole soul, to every good influence, and became a devout and tender Christian. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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