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

When he asked where she would place herself on a 1-to-10 index of devoutness, she declined to answer.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

As a religious poet, he reveals the quiet piety and devoutness of Cowper; and his rural and folk poems show that he is a debtor to Burns.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane