devoutness

• “Where circumstances are favorable, this proclivity is apt to express itself in a certain servile devotional fervor and a punctilious attention to devout observances; it may perhaps be better characterized as devoutness than as religion.”

  The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions

• “The original film was subject to the censorship mores of the time - a consideration that meant that the book's Catholic themes (Pinkie is afflicted with a peculiar kind of devoutness), and some of its more violent scenes (a murder by choking on a stick of Brighton rock), were dampened or excised.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “But there was something puzzling about their devoutness.”

  Their puzzling devoutness

• “They leave Bibles, Christian literature, and Christian music CDs lying around their rooms; they attend fundamentalist Christian Bible studies; they feign devoutness at the Academy's weekly "Special Programs in Religious Education" (SPIRE) programs.”

  The Huffington Post: Chris Rodda: Civil Rights and Religious Groups Demand That Air Force Academy 'Climate Survey' Be Made Public

• “Inside the church, officials expressed some optimism that candidacies by both Romney and Huntsman could help portray Mormonism as a big-tent religion, where different views and levels of devoutness are tolerated.”

  The Washington Post: Let t h e ir games b e gin

• “He made his way to Afghanistan, where he met bin Laden at a training camp and was impressed by his "devoutness.”

  The Washington Post: Former militants now wage battle within Libya to discredit al-Qaeda

• “It is an image of devoutness and piety, synagogue attendance, traditional”

  New Words for a New Year—Rabbi Leonard Gordon's Sermon

• “He mentions some of the points Avi made but also says the problem goes beyond devoutness to religion and is in fact cultural.”

  Making excuses for Shahzad

• “There is pathology wrapped up in sainthood, James admits, along with other excesses: devoutness can lead to fanaticism.”

  The Guardian: William James, part 5: Saintliness

• “Alec had told her before of Ted's devoutness, his interest in the Ah Tran movement.”

  Fictionaut: The Unpublished Writer and His Love Interest (The Painter)

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