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devout

[dih-vout] / dɪˈvaʊt /


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The decision came in the case of a devout Rastafarian in Louisiana.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

It's also not yet clear if any lucky fans will get an invite, a theory perhaps wrapped in wishful thinking that cropped up due to Swift inviting devout fans to her home in the past.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

He’s a Christian man, famously devout, and is honest in his assertion that his worldview is religious.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Leo Kelly—a devout Christian Iowan who was seen ascending the Senate dais, leafing through sensitive documents, and praying in the chamber—described it as “a blessing.”

From Slate May 28, 2026

As a devout Catholic, Joey knows all about the Jesuits, one of many religious orders within the Catholic Church.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Mrs. Orr, devouter votary than I, explains that Browning meant "that everything which disturbs the equal balance of human life gives a vital impulse to the soul."

From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell

But I have no devouter superstition than that the souls of women who die in childbed and men who fall in battle go straight to Paradise!!!

From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Eden, Horatia K. F.

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

The devouter portion of the people still pray, and on the whole, live sober, righteous and godly lives; but multitudes are discouraged, and take themselves away.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph

The devoutest believers in "the march of intellect" must at intervals be almost driven to renounce their creed in despair.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832 by Various

And so it has been with thousands and thousands more of the devoutest and sincerest souls.

From Love's Final Victory by Horatio

The devoutest person could have rendered no greater homage to the efficacy of an honest prayer than he did in this distrust of his wife.

From A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles

He was an enthusiast in the duties of the Samaritan; and as his virtues were softened by the gentlest charity, so his hopes were based upon the devoutest belief.

From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Philo does not feel his daringly allegorical sublimations as any departures from the devoutest Biblical faith.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney




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