devout

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: de=vout
• COUNT in NET: 8 in 8 verses (in NT : 8 in 8 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

devout, adj.
1 earnestly religious.
2 earnestly sincere (devout hope).

Derivative

devoutly adv. devoutness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF devot f. L devotus past part. (as DEVOTE)

THESAURUS

devout

Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, abandoned, active, adorant, adoring, afire, ardent, assured, believing, burning, certain, churchgoing, committed, compliant, confident, conforming, conscientious, constant, convinced, cultish, cultist, cultistic, dedicated, devoted, devotional, dogmatic, doubtless, duteous, dutiful, earnest, faithful, fervent, fervid, fideistic, fiery, flaming, genuine, godly, heartfelt, hearty, heated, holy, hot, hot-blooded, impassioned, imploring, impressed with, in earnest, in the dust, intense, intent, intent on, loyal, meticulous, mindful, observant, on bended knee, on fire, passionate, perfervid, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, positive, practicing, prayerful, precative, precatory, prostrate before, punctilious, punctual, pure, red-hot, regardful, religious, resolute, reverent, reverential, saintly, satisfied, scrupulous, secure, serious, sincere, sold on, solemn, spirited, staunch, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, sure, theistic, true, under the impression, undoubtful, undoubting, vehement, venerational, venerative, warm, white-hot, worshipful, worshiping, zealous

ROGET THESAURUS

devout

Piety

N piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

Worship

N worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation, kneeling, genuflection, prostration, prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing, petition, collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster, beadroll, latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils, revival, cult, anxious meeting, camp meeting, ebenezer, virginal, thanksgiving, giving thanks, returning thanks, grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna, hallelujah, allelujah, Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis, paean, benschen, Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion, psalm, psalmody, hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet, antiphon, antiphony, oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation, burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering, offertory, discipline, self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial, fasting, divine service, office, duty, exercises, morning prayer, mass, matins, evensong, vespers, undernsong, tierce, holyday, worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant, worshipping, devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn, fervid, Int, hallelujah, allelujah!, hosanna!, glory be to God!, O Lord!, pray God that!, God grant, God bless, God save, God forbid!, sursum corda, making their lives a prayer, ora et labora, prayers ardent open heaven.