devout

  1. Adjective.  Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
  2. Adjective.  (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
  3. Adjective.  Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) A devotee.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

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