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devotion

[ dih-voh-shuhn ]

noun

  1. profound dedication, especially to religion.
  2. earnest attachment to a cause, person, etc.

    Synonyms: ardor, zeal

  3. an assignment or appropriation to any purpose, cause, etc.:

    the devotion of one's wealth and time to scientific advancement.

  4. Often devotions. Ecclesiastical. religious observance or worship; a form of prayer or worship for special use.


devotion

/ dɪˈvəʊʃən /

noun

  1. often foll by to strong attachment (to) or affection (for a cause, person, etc) marked by dedicated loyalty
  2. religious zeal; piety
  3. often plural religious observance or prayers


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Other Words From

  • prede·votion noun
  • super·de·votion noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of devotion1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English devocioun, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin dēvōtiōn-, stem of dēvōtiō “consecration, enchantment, vow”; equivalent to devote + -ion

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Example Sentences

Certainly, she seems to command near-total devotion among her clients.

Such warm expressions of devotion would come as news to Foer and Wieseltier.

The level of devotion is more intense than one might find in Lake Forest, California.

In fact, our devotion to those ideals has only been strengthened by the selfless heroism we have seen.

Indeed, he is respectfully mystified by the almost religious devotion Morrissey inspires.

Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.

This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.

I must aspire to the agitating transports of self-devotion, in scenes of sacrifice and peril!

And now there was added to this devotion an element of indefinable anxiety which made its vigilance unceasing.

No man was likely to see Ramona with Alessandro without perceiving the rare quality of her devotion to him.

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