devoutness
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Tartuffe is the embodiment of the master con artist — a pretentious person who fakes religious devoutness, convincing a benefactor that he is a moral person.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2024
Many of these sites housed intricately ornamented bronze statues of deities commissioned by the rulers, signifying their prominence, wealth, and devoutness.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Winning admiration from some Jews for its devoutness, the group is condemned by others as a cult-like sect.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022
It’s not just an indication of Sawan’s devoutness.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2016
No writer of any importance in that country, be he acquainted or not with the critical philosophy, but breathes a spirit of devoutness and elevation more or less directly drawn from it.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
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