Devout \De*vout"\, a. [OE. devot, devout, F. d['e]vot, from L.
devotus devoted, p. p. of devovere. See Devote, v. t.]
1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties;
absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious;
reverent; religious.
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A devout man, and one that feared God. --Acts x. 2.
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We must be constant and devout in the worship of
God. --Rogers.
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2. Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs
devout; a devout posture. --Milton.
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3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout
wishes for one's welfare.
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The devout, devoutly religious persons, those who are
sincerely pious.
Syn: Holy; pure; religious; prayerful; pious; earnest;
reverent; solemn; sincere.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Devout \De*vout"\, n.
1. A devotee. [Obs.] --Sheldon.
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2. A devotional composition, or part of a composition;
devotion. [Obs.] --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
devout
adj 1: devoutly religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people"
H.L.Mencken [syn: god-fearing, pious]
2: earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their
success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: dear, earnest,
heartfelt]
WordNet (r) 2.0
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "devout":
Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, abandoned, active, adorant,
adoring, afire, ardent, assured, believing, burning, certain,
churchgoing, committed, compliant, confident, conforming,
conscientious, constant, convinced, cultish, cultist, cultistic,
dedicated, devoted, devotional, dogmatic, doubtless, duteous,
dutiful, earnest, faithful, fervent, fervid, fideistic, fiery,
flaming, genuine, godly, heartfelt, hearty, heated, holy, hot,
hot-blooded, impassioned, imploring, impressed with, in earnest,
in the dust, intense, intent, intent on, loyal, meticulous,
mindful, observant, on bended knee, on fire, passionate, perfervid,
persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, positive, practicing,
prayerful, precative, precatory, prostrate before, punctilious,
punctual, pure, red-hot, regardful, religious, resolute, reverent,
reverential, saintly, satisfied, scrupulous, secure, serious,
sincere, sold on, solemn, spirited, staunch, suppliant, supplicant,
supplicatory, sure, theistic, true, under the impression,
undoubtful, undoubting, vehement, venerational, venerative, warm,
white-hot, worshipful, worshiping, zealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
dear, earnest, god-fearing, heartfelt, pious
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