Synonyms for devoutness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-vout

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvaʊt

Définition of devoutness

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).

noun religiousness

Example sentences :

A feeling of devoutness does not cover at all the sense I mean.
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

Religion isn't a feeling of piety or devoutness; it is action.
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

And you wish me to believe in the devoutness of that man's daughter!
Extract from : « Cosmopolis, Complete » by Paul Bourget

He was struck by the strange contrast of devoutness and love of liberty.
Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal

There was nothing to say against the devoutness of M. de Moirod.
Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal

Devoutness I knew to be goodness; but I could see it was not power.
Extract from : « Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Jacob Holyoake

Lucy's serene grace of devoutness was beautiful, if not edifying to behold.
Extract from : « Husks » by Marion Harland

She was the first wife he had ever had, and he wished a devoutness in that consummation.
Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes

A pretension to devoutness and asceticism was one of the fashions in Molire's time.
Extract from : « Library Notes » by A. P. Russell

Still, its avowed purpose is to induce a feeling of devoutness in the congregation.
Extract from : « Religion & Sex » by Chapman Cohen

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