devotion

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She could not -- _could_ not -- go to Paris with this man, who for all his devotion was a stranger to her.

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  1. noun Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle. See Synonyms at love.
  2. noun Religious ardor or zeal; piety.
  3. noun An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private. Often used in the plural.
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  • Certainly some great force was behind the pen that untiringly wrote in every vein and mood these astonishing Letters to the Stranger In those up to the year 1834 that were, properly speaking, private, the tone rises to a pitch of lover-passion that could hardly fail to alarm, even whilst they flattered the one to whom his devotion was addressed. —  Balzac
  • How could she have doubted even for a moment that her devotion was all his? —  Mary Balogh - Truly
  • To MADAME HORTENSE CORNU Your devotion was alarmed wrongly, dear madame, I was sure of it! —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • The idea of this devotion was the shaping idea of his life. —  Milton
  • The fans 'devotion translates to a holy triumvirate. —  Sports News : CBSSports.com
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devotion:   devotions
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  1. from Middle English devotioun, devocion, devocioun, from Old French devotion, French dévotion = Provencal devotio = Spanish devocion = Portuguese devoção = Italian divozione, from Latin devotio(n-), devotion, from devotus, past participle of devovere, devote: see devote.
 

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