DEVOUT

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious. A devout man, and one that feared God. Acts x. 2. We must be constant and devout in the worship of God. Rogers.

2.
a.

Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture. Milton.

3.
a.

Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare. The devout, devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious.

4.
n.

A devotee. [Obs.] Sheldon.

5.
n.

A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion. [Obs.] Milton.


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