fervor

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  1. noun Great warmth and intensity of emotion. See Synonyms at passion.
  2. noun Intense heat.

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  • After confession my heart glowed with a kind of fervor, and at one time I felt a desire to suffer martyrdom. —  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MADAME GUYON
  • The religious fervor which is so intense with the colored people, made it comparatively easy to restore their faith, if it had been weakened, and to bring them to a recognition of the fact that their blessings had all come from God Probably the most brilliant speaker of the period immediateIy preceding the Civil War was Thomas Corwin, of Ohio. —  My Memories of Eighty Years
  • What's driving this fervor is the fact that he's done absolutely nothing like this in Dallas … right? —  MVN
  • And while there are many factors for the dampening of this wonderful national patriotic fervor, the national media along with the political process in Washington have played a part. —  The Reality Check
  • God be praised, it is all good Illustration: GEORGE HANDEL GEORGE HANDEL When generations have been melted into tears, or raised to religious fervor--when courses of sermons have been preached volumes of criticisms been written, and thousands of afflicted and poor people supported by the oratorio of "The Messiah"--it becomes exceedingly difficult to say anything new. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians
 

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fervour ·  earnestness ·  ardor ·  zeal ·  devotion ·  vehemence ·  eagerness ·  exaltation ·  vigour ·  pathos ·  seriousness ·  eloquence
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  1. Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor, from fervēre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.
 

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