1
: committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
a devout Catholic
devoutly
adverb
devoutness
noun
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Examples of devout in a Sentence
It is his devout wish to help people in need.
devout Red Sox fans never lost faith during the long World Series drought
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Taking inspiration from Iran’s Woman Life Freedom protests, the film revolves around a devout man who is promoted to the position of investigating judge at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, just as his daughters become swept up in the pro-equal rights and democracy movement.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
And after a lifetime of devout Mormon teetotaling, Sara started drinking.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Prior to the appointment of Antonin Scalia, a devout Catholic, to the Supreme Court in 1986, only six of the previous 102 justices in the court’s history had been Catholic.
—Peter H. Schwartz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The new Republican governor, George Voinovich, was a devout Catholic who went to Mass multiple times a week, an expression of a faith that was inherited from his Slovenian American mother and deepened by the loss of his 9-year-old daughter, who was struck by a van that ran a red light.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
And after a lifetime of devout Mormon teetotaling, Sara started drinking.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Prior to the appointment of Antonin Scalia, a devout Catholic, to the Supreme Court in 1986, only six of the previous 102 justices in the court’s history had been Catholic.
—Peter H. Schwartz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The new Republican governor, George Voinovich, was a devout Catholic who went to Mass multiple times a week, an expression of a faith that was inherited from his Slovenian American mother and deepened by the loss of his 9-year-old daughter, who was struck by a van that ran a red light.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Devout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devout. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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devout
adjective
de·vout
di-ˈvau̇t 
1
: devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
2
: expressing devotion
a devout attitude
3
a
: devoted to an activity, belief, or type of behavior
a devout baseball fan
b
: earnest entry 2 sense 1, sincere
gave them devout thanks
devoutly
adverb
devoutness
noun
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