Devout
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.
A devotee.
A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
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Devout Quotations
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
George Eliot
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
William James
Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.
William Ames
Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.
Moliere
A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.
Thomas Carlyle
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Sri Aurobindo
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
Anatole France
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Joseph Addison
I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def
Devout Translations
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devout in Spanish is devoto
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