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Webster 1913 Edition
Devout
De-vout′
,Adj.
1.
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
A
devout
man, and one that feared God. Acts x. 2.
We must be constant and
devout
in the worship of God. Rogers.
2.
Expressing devotion or piety;
as, eyes
devout
; sighs devout
; a devout
posture. Milton.
3.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest;
as,
. devout
wishes for one’s welfare
Syn. – Holy; pure; religious; prayerful; pious; earnest; reverent; solemn; sincere.
De-vout′
,Noun.
1.
A devotee.
[Obs.]
Sheldon.
2.
A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Devout
DEVOUT
,Adj.
1.
Yielding a solemn and reverential attention to God in religious exercises, particularly in prayer.We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
2.
Pious; devoted to religion; religious.Simeon was a just man and devout. Luke 2.
Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts 8.
3.
Expressing devotion or piety; as, with eyes devout.4.
Sincere; solemn; earnest; as, you have my devout wishes for your safety.DEVOUT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
devout
devout
English
Adjective
devout (comparative devouter or more devout, superlative devoutest or most devout)
- Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
- Bible, Acts x. 2
- a devout man, and one that feared God
- Rogers
- We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
- Bible, Acts x. 2
- (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
- devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture
- Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
- devout wishes for one's welfare
Translations
devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties
Noun
devout (plural devouts)
- (obsolete) A devotee.
- (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
References
- devout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913