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/ˈsɜr kəm ˌspɛkt /
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devotion

(eg. human, celtic, literature )

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  • devotion  /dɪ ˈvoʊ ʃən/ ?  feelings of ardent love

    devotion meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (n) feelings of ardent love
    2. (n) commitment to some purpose
    3. (n) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
    4. (n) (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)
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    Synonym(s)

    idolatry, veneration

    devotion usage(s) Create your Own

    1. We are confident in our devotion to our country, in our love of freedom, in our inheritance of courage.
    2. It taught him to renounce personal desires not by withdrawal from the world but by devotion to the service of his fellow man.
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  • devotional  /dɪ ˈvoʊ ʃə nəl/ ?  a short religious service
  • devour  /dɪ ˈvaʊ ər/ ?  destroy completely
  • devourer  /dɪ ˈvaʊ ə rə/ ?  someone who eats greedily or voraciously
  • devouring  /dɪ ˈvaʊ ə rɪŋ/ ?  (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
  • devout  /dɪ ˈvaʊt/ ?  deeply religious
  • devoutly  /dɪ ˈvaʊt li/ ?  in a devout and pious manner
  • devoutness  piety by virtue of being devout
  • devries  /dɪv ˈris/ ?  Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation…
  • dew  /ˈdu/ ?  water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
  • dew point  the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation…
  • dew worm  terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when…
  • dewar  /ˈdu ər/ ?  vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
  • dewar flask  vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
  • dewberry  /ˈdu ˌbɛ ri/ ?  any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
  • dewberry bush  any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
  • dewdrop  a drop of dew
  • dewey  /ˈdu i/ ?  United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931)
  • dewey decimal classification  a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional…
  • dewey decimal system  a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications…
  • deweyan  of or relating to John Dewey or his philosophy
  • dewier  wet with dew
  • dewiest  wet with dew
  • dewitt clinton  United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project…
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