Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Devoted to a religion or to the fulfillment of religious obligations.
  • adjective Characterized by religious devotion or piety.
  • adjective Fervently believing in or advocating an ideology or position:
  • adjective Fervent or earnest.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Yielding a solemn and reverential devotion to God in religious exercises, particularly in prayer; devoted to the worship and service of God; pious; religious; consecrated in spirit.
  • Expressing devotion or piety.
  • Sincere; solemn; earnest: as, you have my devout wishes for your safety.
  • noun A devotee.
  • noun A devotional composition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A devotee.
  • noun obsolete A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
  • adjective Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
  • adjective Expressing devotion or piety
  • adjective Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
  • adjective devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
  • adjective archaic Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
  • adjective Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.
  • noun obsolete A devotee.
  • noun obsolete A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective deeply religious
  • adjective earnest

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēvōtus, past participle of dēvovēre, to vow; see devote.]

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Examples

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  • This component contingency not be neglected in devout work.

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  • Believers ought to assimilate how a assorted tools of their being work or they shall not be equates to to thoughts a devout from a soulical.

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  • They appreciate devout truths in devout language (I Con 2.13 RSV marginal).

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  • They appreciate devout truths in devout language (I Con 2.13 RSV marginal).

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  • This component contingency not be neglected in devout work.

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  • This lasted a short while, however, and she shed her veil and habit for chinchilla and diamonds – though she professed to remain devout, having a copy of The Imitation of Christ by her bedside.

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  • It's whether the indignance of the devout is valid in the ethos I'm ascribing to Art, whether Art itself accepts the sacrosanct status of religious symbols, whether Art respects or disrespects those claims.

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  • As one can see in the popular icon of the same name, the demons will pull even the most devout from the ladder if they do not take the necessary precautions.

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  • As one can see in the popular icon of the same name, the demons will pull even the most devout from the ladder if they do not take the necessary precautions.

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