 devotion |
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| 1. | [ noun ] feelings of ardent love | |
| Synonyms: | devotedness | |
| Examples: | "their devotion to each other was beautiful" |
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| Related terms: | love | |
| 2. | [ noun ] commitment to some purpose | |
| Examples: | "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" |
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| Related terms: | commitment fetish party_spirit cultism give | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (religion) religious zeal; willingness to serve God | |
| Synonyms: | veneration cultism idolatry | |
| Related terms: | worship bibliolatry thaumatolatry symbolatry gyneolatry lordolatry verbolatry topolatry anthropolatry give | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently) | |
| Examples: | "he returned to his devotions" |
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| Related terms: | prayer stations_of_the_Cross novena bhakti plural | |
| Similar spelling: |
devotional deviation devoutness |
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