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  • noun Plural form of devotee.

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Examples

  • The task for teachers and London scholars/devotees is to make others aware of what London managed to produce in his brief life.

    Interview With Susan Gatti 2010

  • I just wish a character who is wise and focused on a world outside her own desires could have joined this most recent blast of bling and couture to leave long-term devotees with any message other than aging is depressing, marriage is depressing, children are depressing, and complaining about all three relentlessly is boring.

    Shallow Gals 2010

  • Reply everyone needs a break once in a while, but I say this community of devotees is growing and about to hold you accountable. by serena

    Write On Wednesday -Staying the Course 2008

  • The rally has been known for its wilder days but it, like its devotees, is getting on in years.

    McCain Woos Bikers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The rally has been known for its wilder days but it, like its devotees, is getting on in years.

    McCain Woos Bikers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • I just wish a character who is wise and focused on a world outside her own desires could have joined this most recent blast of bling and couture to leave long-term devotees with any message other than aging is depressing, marriage is depressing, children are depressing, and complaining about all three relentlessly is boring.

    Shallow Gals 2010

  • Certain English devotees of Nikita have actually been to Cetinje, have, as they proudly tell us, been embraced by him and have enormously admired his alfresco audiences when he settled all manner of problems to the perfect satisfaction of these tourists.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • It was the property of that particular order of which Malappa was the head, and devotees from the length and breadth of India sojourned there awhile, whenever the service of the gods brought them thitherwards.

    Love and Life Behind the Purdah 1901

  • This bit of a re-think may disturb long-term devotees who'd like their wrangling protagonists to remain as they were.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Yes, Prime Minister Prime Stage Comedy Meat David Finkle 2010

  • This bit of a re-think may disturb long-term devotees who'd like their wrangling protagonists to remain as they were.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Yes, Prime Minister Prime Stage Comedy Meat David Finkle 2010

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