devout
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He described her as "a devout Christian and somebody with strong socially conservative views. Perhaps not popular in modern Britain but that is what Ann believed in."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Islam Makhachev, the current No. 1 pound-for-pound ranked fighter, is a devout Muslim from Dagestan.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
The devout crowd — is there any other kind of Rush fan? — certainly was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The author rescues her from near-historical oblivion, portraying a woman of intense piety, “even more devout than her mother-in-law.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Indeed, to the devout, God could be found, hidden within the void and the infinite.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Instead of contemning the idea of a heavenly futurity as an idle dream image of human longing, it were both devouter and more reasonable, from 22 Charakteristiken und Kritiken, s.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
He finds them the same men, although with better and devouter hearts, as we are at this day.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
The stronger and devouter soul cannot conceive how the weaker had yielded.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
Robinson Crusoe on his island could not have had a devouter thankfulness when he recovered the articles from the wreck than we had in the contemplation of our treasure.
From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.
They are nests built with faithfulness and affection, and through them one seems to get a glimpse of devouter, sturdier times.
From Winter Sunshine by Burroughs, John
The heart of the man, few, who have hearts of their own, refuse to reverence, and many, even of devoutest Christians, would not refuse the book which contains Queen Mab as a Christmas gift.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
But Christ has our devoutest love and gratitude, and our profoundest reverence.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph
And so it has been with thousands and thousands more of the devoutest and sincerest souls.
From Love's Final Victory by Horatio
Here the distracting whirl of earthly things obscures Him from even the devoutest souls, and His own mighty works which reveal do also conceal.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander
It was at the house of one of his devoutest disciples, who has arranged everything in the rooms to harmonize with them.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.
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