1
: committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
a devout Catholic
devoutly
adverb
devoutness
noun
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Examples of devout in a Sentence
It is his devout wish to help people in need.
devout Red Sox fans never lost faith during the long World Series drought
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Here, the Pacifica played with devout focus, bringing us into the territory of late Beethoven and late Shostakovich.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
But that is exactly what the 72-year-old devout Catholic and grandmother has become to some in this northern California county — which has been convulsed by conspiracy theories about voter fraud and other extremist ideologies over the last three years.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Feulner came from a devout Roman Catholic family, while Weyrich himself was an ordained deacon of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
But the devout young Lewis, who famously preached to the chickens on his family’s land, was hungry to become educated and to involve himself in the civil rights struggle.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
But that is exactly what the 72-year-old devout Catholic and grandmother has become to some in this northern California county — which has been convulsed by conspiracy theories about voter fraud and other extremist ideologies over the last three years.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Feulner came from a devout Roman Catholic family, while Weyrich himself was an ordained deacon of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
But the devout young Lewis, who famously preached to the chickens on his family’s land, was hungry to become educated and to involve himself in the civil rights struggle.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Devout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devout. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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devout
adjective
de·vout
di-ˈvau̇t 
1
: devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
2
: expressing devotion
a devout attitude
3
a
: devoted to an activity, belief, or type of behavior
a devout baseball fan
b
: earnest entry 2 sense 1, sincere
gave them devout thanks
devoutly
adverb
devoutness
noun
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