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A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.

A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." Shak.

To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.

inions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. Macaulay.

Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. "Bigoted to strife." Byron.

A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

tem, arrangement, textbook, expedition. -- Botan"ic*al*ly, adv. Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. -- Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots.

A part of a garden devoted to shrubs. [R.]

me continuance. A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.

oss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases." Addison. Too ceremonious and traditional. Shak.

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.

One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Written also consecrater.]

To assign; to devote; to set apart. The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor. Dryden.

A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.

An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. Shak.

A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.

To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth.

presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett. Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. -- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.

Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate to nothing temporal." Shak.