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devoutness

/dih-vout/US // dɪˈvaʊt //UK // (dɪˈvaʊt) //

奉献精神,献身精神,虔诚度,虔诚

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    de·vout·er, de·vout·est.

    • : devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.
    • : expressing devotion or piety: devout prayer.
    • : earnest or sincere; hearty: He had a devout allegiance to the political regime.

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Examples

  • Experience shows us a vast difference between devoutness and goodness.

  • Bach was essentially a Christian, and this element of devoutness, of worship, shines out in everything he wrote.

  • What she achieved through saintliness and devoutness, they make her out to have accomplished by intelligent enthusiasm.

  • Class differences as regards devoutness are but a special expression of a generic fact.

  • The pastor read a blessing, which was not listened to with any further devoutness.