devout
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The devout Catholic, whose cause for sainthood is advancing in the Vatican, was hit by a tram while on his way to pray at a church.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The devout crowd — is there any other kind of Rush fan? — certainly was.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
A devout Catholic, it was there that she gave my dad her most precious gift: her own mom’s rosary beads.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
As Mr. Mintzker traces the origins and purposes behind that slanderous 1602 pamphlet, he encounters the work of Jacob Schudt, a German theologian and devout Lutheran who around 1714 began publishing his four-volume “Jewish Memorabilia.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He was a devout and principled man, with a long, somber face and a full gray beard.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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