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Devoutness

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n. The state or quality of being devout.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Quality or state of being devout.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality or state of being devout.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. piety by virtue of being devout

Word Usage

"Where circumstances are favorable, this proclivity is apt to express itself in a certain servile devotional fervor and a punctilious attention to devout observances; it may perhaps be better characterized as devoutness than as religion."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

piety piousness

Hyponym

pietism religiosity religionism religiousism

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

piety

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

godliness abstemiousness saintliness inviolability lowliness unworldliness unselfishness meekness continence uprightness