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devout

Main Entry:: de·vout
Pronunciation:: \di-ˈvau̇t\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin devotus, from Latin, past participle of devovēre
Date:: 13th century

1: devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises2: expressing devotion or piety <a devout attitude>3 a: devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior : serious , earnest <a devout baseball fan> <born a devout coward — G. B. Shaw> b: warmly sincere <a devout wish for peace>

— de·vout·ly adverb

— de·vout·ness noun

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