Synonyms for devout

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-vout

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvaʊt

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Définition of devout

Origin : early 13c., from Old French devot "pious, devoted, assiduous," from Latin devotus "given up by vow, devoted," past participle of devovere "dedicate by vow" (see devotion).

adj sincerely believing; devoted

Example sentences :

He really grew quite tender and devout over these meditations.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Hawkins and Drake were as devout and humane as other men of their time.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

He is zealous but not fanatical, but equally superstitious as devout.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

All the devout women of the town were full of excitement about his preaching.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The devout Christian or Jew will see in it God's method of creation.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

The devout, including the Beebes, the Hardings and the Blounts were quite excited about it.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

This unusual manner of receiving a message shocked the devout.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Message after message came and was recognized and acknowledged by the devout.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The spy was devout to the point of bigoted, credulous superstition.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

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