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
- 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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