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A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.

A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. -- Chau"vin*ist, n. -- Chau`vin*is"tic (, a.

An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.] A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. Milton.

nclose in, or as in, a coffin. Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home Shak. Devotion is not coffined in a cell. John Hall (1646).

A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.

assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. Counterfeiters of devotion. Sherwood.

t fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution. The king-becoming graces . . . Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them. Shak. Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it. Addison.

to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions. The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix. Milman. And kissing oft her crucifix, Unto the block she drew. Warner.

A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

A worshiper; one given to devotion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

o 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.

Full of devotion. [R.]

Destitute of devotion. -- De*vout"less*ly, adv. -- De*vout"less*ness, n.

bo and dirige. Wyclif. Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige with great devotion. Lamentation of Mary Magdalene.

or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

rvading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole.

ng thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.] The eucharistical part of our daily devotions. Ray.