How To Use Devout In A Sentence

An inscription in the sacristy of the church states that it was made by a devout Minorite of wood from the Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
An unostentatiously devout man, that is where he would, in different circumstances, undoubtedly have been. DARE CALL IT TREASON
I'd listened to the programme a fair few times during my last year at school '93-4 and been dazzled by its mix of inspired music, learned guests, poetry, comedy and all-round self-deprecating dementedness, but it wasn't until I left for university that I became a devout fan. Archive 2006-04-01
Both men are from Brooklyn, both have children named Satchel, both are basketball fans, devout Knicks supporters, and both have made the clamorous city of New York their sound stage.

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Cratyn was so annoyingly devout, he probably felt the need for penance if he had an impure thought. TREASON KEEP
Tolkien, a devout Catholic, was a combat veteran of World War I, and acutely sensitive to the murderous nihilism of modern warfare.
My sister has become devoutly Orthodox Jewish.
We got a juvenile offender, family of devout Jehovah's Witnesses. We gotta be real careful here.
The dying old man cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly.
At the hour of death the Holy Masses you have heard devoutly will be your greatest consolation.
There are times and things concerning which words utterly fail and must fail to give utterance to the feelings of the heart, and this, let me say, is one of those times -- a day that I can never forget, a day for which -- though most unworthy of what has been given me -- I must always feel the devoutest thankfulness to Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.
According to some baseball officials, as many as one-third of the players on teams are devout Christians.
His family had been devout Hindus, keenly persuaded of the importance of group loyalties. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
It was a beautiful picture, -- one worthy to be screened from indevout eyes, or revealed only to those who loved and worshipped. My New Curate
Roberts is a devout Catholic and is married to an ardent pro-life activist.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem.
Sad and profound chants are intoned in the wind and I am in the presence of a numberless and devout congregation.
Then it comes to life and continues nourishing itself on this food and on devout meditation until it has attained full vigour, which is the essential point, for I attach no importance to the rest. The Interior Castle or The Mansions
After having put in practice all chivalries, devout and worldly, gone with Peredur in quest of the Holy Grail and fair ladies, and dreamed with St. Brandan of mystical Atlantides, who knows what it would produce in the domain of intellect, if it hardened itself to an entrance into the world, and subjected its rich and profound nature to the conditions of modern thought? The Poetry of the Celtic Races. VI.
Ever before the celebration of his mass, ere he revested him, he kneeled down before the altar, and devoutly made his prayer, weeping and piteously sighing, and oft-times as he celebrated his mass plenty of tears fell from his eyes along his face. The Golden Legend, vol. 7
As long as thou livest thou art subject to change, howsoever unwilling; so that thou art found now joyful, now sad; now at peace, now disquieted; now devout, now indevout; now studious, now careless; now sad, now cheerful. XXXIII. Book III: On Inward Consolation. Of Instability of the Heart, and of directing the Aim toward God
On this fourth and final Sunday of waiting, Matthew is the only evangelist to tell Joseph's side of the story of Jesus' birth, emphasizing his role as devout Jew and adoptive father.
Rather th! an medit ative of people as normal or aberrant it is better for us to consider either an people thoughts as great as behaviours have been helpful as great as adaptive to their worldly as great as devout great being as great as happiness. Archive 2009-11-01
The original film was subject to the censorship mores of the time - a consideration that meant that the book's Catholic themes (Pinkie is afflicted with a peculiar kind of devoutness), and some of its more violent scenes (a murder by choking on a stick of Brighton rock), were dampened or excised. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Mr. Thomson, the "curat" of Anstruther Easter, was a man highly obnoxious to the devout: in the first place, because he was a "curat"; in the second place, because he was a person of irregular and scandalous life; and in the third place, because he was generally suspected of dealings with the Enemy of Man. Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays
In addition to his witness to the faith under persecution which encouraged the young to persevere, Fr Jia was known as a zealous and devout pastoral priest. Archive 2009-01-01
I met this theodicy once when interviewing some devout Christian women for a radio program I was producing.
Every desire is either a devout or a distorted enticement to the glory of heaven.
But if the Reb didn't realize that saying nasty things about gay people in New York City -- especially in the wake of a gay student's jump off the GW and an attack on some young gay men that sure sounds like a hate crime -- is not good strategy for a candidate already known for a distinct lack of polish, then Levin committed what even less devout Jews call a goyische kop. Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange
The old clique is being edged out by conservative, Western oriented and devout Muslims. Turkey Fights For A Secular Islam « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
People in Shang Dynasty frequently prayed for rain and blessing , and sacrifice the mountain devoutly.
And a devout family man who drove his wife near to suicide with his affairs. Times, Sunday Times
'On account of the threefoldness of devout meditation.' The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
How can he claim to be so devout and holy when he is intent on wreaking unholy war? The Sun
Throughout his life he held devoutly to the Presbyterianism in which he was raised.
But this is just speculation and there may be many members of the Church who live devout lives.
Despite all of that the relationship between the two main characters, Oskar and Eli, is both touching and bittersweet and the film has earned itself an extremely devout cult following. ARE VAMPIRES A DYING BREED? | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
The movie also sketches in the five-year-long, globe-girdling voyage during which he collected the compendious data for his book, along with much peripheral information about his health (wretched), his relationship with his devoutly religious wife (strained) and his apparently never-ending connection to his dead 10-year-old daughter (feverish). Kurt Loder Reviews ‘Creation’ » MTV Movies Blog
For the first days of Lent, and perhaps for the entire period, devout Buddhists will abstain from intoxicants, certain foods, harsh language, deceitful deeds, and make a concentrated effort not to harm any living creature.
They leave Bibles, Christian literature, and Christian music CDs lying around their rooms; they attend fundamentalist Christian Bible studies; they feign devoutness at the Academy's weekly "Special Programs in Religious Education" (SPIRE) programs. Chris Rodda: Civil Rights and Religious Groups Demand That Air Force Academy 'Climate Survey' Be Made Public
Here was the passion of politics on the right, steaming and devout, and malodorously scented with polyester socks and cheap, overused shoes removed and carried inside by every congregant, to avoid them getting lost or stolen if left at the door. Let the Swords Encircle Me
A devout Catholic and mother of seven, she was holding her beloved rosary beads when the end came.
Ambrose, thought I to myself, my devout Ambrose is either at church, or abominably lazy this morning.
The effect of which supplication was that the temporall landes devoutely given, and disordinately spent by religious and other spirituall persons, should be seased into the Kyngs hands, sithence the same might suffice to maintayne to the honor of the King and defence of the realme fifteene Erles, fifteene C. The Battaile of Agincourt
Who was she, the old witch, for so he mentally termed the inoffensive woman devoutly conning her prayer book, unconscious of the wrath her presence was exciting in the bosom of the young man beside her! Bad Hugh
Hammer is a devout Orthodox Jew and the son of a synagogue cantor.
How can he claim to be so devout and holy when he is intent on wreaking unholy war? The Sun
The verb ` athar means "to pray," the Arabic parallel signifying another form of devout exercise, "to sacrifice. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
A devout Calvinist Methodist and strict advocate of temperance, Davies became a patron of Nonconformist and other charitable and educational causes.
One is that devout patients may forgo treatment and wait for divine intervention.
One is that devout patients may forgo treatment and wait for divine intervention.
Albeit there is a wide spectrum of orthodoxy, ranging from the devout to those who ignore the Gods.
Gibbon viewed himself as just such a stranger, characterizing himself as a "devout pilgrim from the remote and once savage countries of the North" who has now returned to the cradle of western civilization to pay homage and resurrect its glories (II. 641-2). The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece
Immediately there was an almost noiseless step on the floor; and a figure emerged from a deep niche, that looked as if it might once have been an oratory, in ancient times; and the figure, too, might have been supposed to possess the devout and sanctified character of such as knelt in the oratories of ancient times. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance
First of all, as the next table shows, women are clearly much more likely than men to be devout and religious. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings
mountebank" performance as they called it, -- had been everything to them that was sacred in its devout simplicity. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
Christians who insist that the Bible is infallible (so long as they remain devoutly ignorant of the Bible's errors). Sound Politics: Global Warming Update
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In fact, many, many Catholic women who are devout and active in their parishes think church leaders hate women, and they respond in kind.
There it stands, high above them all, and remote from them all, in its air of great antiquity, in its unaccountableness, in its serene truthfulness, in its unapproachable sublimity, in that impress of divine majesty and ineffable holiness which even the unbelieving neologist has been compelled to acknowledge, and by which every devout reader feels that the first page in Genesis is forever distinguished from any mere human production. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
And it was from this popular pulpit that he delivered his 23-year preachment to a faithful congregation of devout and devoted readers.
It may seem strange but my parents were deferential people and my mother was a devout Catholic. Times, Sunday Times
One day, she might appear in the character of a devout young mother, peeping shyly from a giant mantilla as she explains the importance of the Virgin Mary.
All of which grounds him in a conventionally moral and religiously devout realm.
The first part of the script - the so-called devoutness of the founders - is least relevant to the current debate over religion in government.
After having put in practice all chivalries, devout and worldly, gone with Peredur in quest of the Holy Grail and fair ladies, and dreamed with St. Brandan of mystical Atlantides, who knows what it would produce in the domain of intellect, if it hardened itself to an entrance into the world, and subjected its rich and profound nature to the conditions of modern thought? The Poetry of the Celtic Races. VI.
Nothing would have pleased the old man better than a rough-and-tumble campaign against the Satpuras, whom he, as an "unmixed" Bhil, despised; but he had a duty to all his nation as Jan Chinn's interpreter; and he devoutly believed that forty plagues would fall on his village if he tampered with that obligation. The Day's Work - Volume 1
Here he took a small golden reliquary, which was suspended from his neck next to his shirt by a chain of the same metal, and having kissed it devoutly, continued — “Never was false oath sworn on this most sacred relique, but it was avenged within the year.” Quentin Durward
And that ye may serve God devoutly in saying effectually your customable prayers. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
He must have," I answered devoutly, meaning what I said. Phyllis
Mary, a devout Catholic, did little to impose her faith on Scotland, but had little support for this fidelity.
On the cross, Jesus wears the phylacteries of a devout Jew and holds the Torah scroll in his right hand.
He was also much devout in the service of God, and diligent to repair and re-edify churches that were destroyed by the Danes. The Golden Legend, vol. 6
Such situations convinced some of the more devout monks and nuns of the superiority of their vows of poverty. Christianity Today
It's something they can't do while being held hostage in their own cities, and the numbers of devout travelers have dropped to a trickle.
The group has many attractions, notably its high visibility, industry leading presence and devout customer loyalty.
Hawaiians refer to it as mana, the Greeks called it pneuma, the Japanese call it ki, yogis know it as prana, devout Christians might think of it as the Holy Ghost, martial artists know it is energy, and my 10-year-old son insists it the ineffable force that lends atoms awareness of themselves. Arthur Rosenfeld: What Is Qi?
Living and working in Paris, the singer looks as though she devoutly avoids all forms of bad cholesterol.
He was a devout Catholic, a very devoted husband and father.
Devout Savoyard fans need not worry about any sacred cows being slaughtered. George Heymont: The Mikado Project (Trouble In Titipu)
He was a devout catholic and was always writing prayers to his patron saint, Saint Rita of lost causes.
Skye was a devout opposer of alcoholic beverages and spent much of her time at the parties lecturing on how they were all breaking the underage drinking law with the keggers that were faithfully donated every night.
The Nâgarakrĕtagama represents this king as a devout Buddhist but his very title Śivabuddha shows how completely Sivaism and Buddhism were fused in his religion. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3
Their members took the traditional monastic vows, but devoted their lives to pastoral work, aiming to produce a well-instructed and devout laity.
Few espouse political ideologies of any sort, since devout beliefs can impede one's effectiveness as a peacekeeper.
On 17 June, 2008, I'Akobu Tacuma Maloney — a bright, high-achieving 23-year-old Barbadian engineer who had recently graduated from the University of the West Indies, and a devout Rastafari — died in a mysterious encounter with the Barbados police. Global Voices in English » Barbados: Questions about Maloney inquest verdict
The devout Muslim women of Bosnia have not traditionally worn the chador familiar in fundamentalist Muslim countries.
Corridors are floored with black linoleum, which deadens noise and adds to the devout atmosphere, as if science were some kind of holy order.
A man who never ventured one impious word or deed against the gods we worship, but whose whole language concerning them, and his every act, closely coincided, word for word, and deed for deed, with all we deem distinctive of devoutest piety. Memorabilia
And she was devout in a way that indicated that the religion was based in a great many particulars, not some gassy generality about being kind to plants and believing in clean water.
The house which the worthy goldsmith inhabited, had in former times belonged to a powerful and wealthy baronial family, which, during the reign of Henry VIII., terminated in a dowager lady, very wealthy, very devout, and most unalienably attached to the Catholic faith. The Fortunes of Nigel
It's not surprising that his devout parents were worried about him. Times, Sunday Times
When English lawyer Sir Thomas More--a devout Roman Catholic--coined the word "utopia" to describe his imaginary island nation in the early 16th century, it was a play on the Greek eu-topos, meaning "good place" and ou-topos, meaning "no place". Domino's Founder Claims 'Misconceptions' Over Catholic TownDomino's Founder Claims 'Misconceptions' Over Catholic Town
She was a devout Christian.
So says St. Alphonsus: Do you then, be also careful always to join to your daily visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament a visit to the most holy Virgin Mary in some church, or at least before a devout image of her in your own house. The Visit to the Blessed Virgin
In the 1930's, when devout convert philosopher Dietrich von Hildrebrand wrote a book extolling the unitive power of sex in marriage, it was widely regarded as dangerous and potentially heretical.
As a political liberal who is also a devout Baptist, I have grudging admiration for my conservative coreligionists.
I had no basis for saying the last, save that I hoped it so devoutly. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
She was a single lady who was a devout catholic and deeply religious.
Despite the hardships, Lynch, a devout Catholic, was stirred by the biblical locales they passed—the ford of Bethabara, where John had baptized Jesus; Nablus, where Yahweh had confirmed his covenant with Abraham; Jericho, of the tumbling walls, where Jesus had healed two blind beggars; and Mount Nebo, where Moses had been granted his bittersweet glimpse of the Promised Land. Old Salt, Dead Sea
When I was brought back to faith it was through the prayers of my devout mother.
The book of Revelation (and other prophetic verses in the Bible) provides important clues for understanding the rhetoric and actions of devout Christians who are influenced by apocalypticism and millennialism. Chip Berlet: Reading the Bible Belt Before Coming of Super Tuesday
Shoppers frequent the shopping centres, diners eat out and the devout attend their synagogues, mosques and churches. Times, Sunday Times
Where circumstances are favorable, this proclivity is apt to express itself in a certain servile devotional fervor and a punctilious attention to devout observances; it may perhaps be better characterized as devoutness than as religion. The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
It was the sixties and you devoutly listened to the music.
By a devout, consecrating self-denial which manifests itself in eating and drinking, in singing and dancing, at kirmess, charity balls, amateur theatricals, garden parties; where the cost of our XV. At the Mercy of Tiberius
Just thank who ever your flavour of devoutness may dictate you to thank.
His espousal of peace and human rights as a devout Christian has won him the sympathy of many people around the world.
January 11th, 2006 at 9: 53 am tip says: allemande rosary wintered susceptible devoutly canners Think Progress » EU wants answers on secret prisons.
Many of the presidents we looked at had come from devout families, often extremely devout mothers. Christianity Today
Many devout Muslims dislike the term moderate, too, saying it suggests deviation from the tenets of the Quran. Burning a Bridge Between Faiths
She had been devoutly loyal to her husband and had cared for her children greatly.
More than three-quarters of Muslims living in Britain say that they are devout followers of Islam.
Despite becoming devoutly religious, he was arrested for shoplifting during 2004.
By what right does the developed world claim the moral high ground over poorer, but religiously devout, societies?
I hate Lent; I hate different diets, and furmity and butter, and herb porridge; and sour devout faces of people who only put on religion for seven weeks. The Journal to Stella
The production of Canadian plays in London's West End and in other countries is not necessarily a consummation devoutly to be wished.
Even the most devout Muslim women in Bosnia do not wear the traditional chador worn by women in Arab countries.
The south is more agrarian and devoutly Islamic.
One is the valley to which we are now bending our steps, which nestles not far from the foot of the great mountain men call the St. Bernard; the other is at the hospice upon the Great St. Bernard itself, where is a colony of devout and kindly monks, who give their succour to travellers of every nationality and creed, and where a safe shelter may always be found. Tom Tufton's Travels
Flannery O'Connor is a devout Catholic. The family and the community influenced her Catholic thinking deeply.
Devout persons, offering sacrifices of fruit, yak butter or flowers, touch and kiss the idol, which is tinted with red ochre.
While devout Catholics will readily agree that the Church is fundamentally a sacramental communion, it is also true that the Church must operate as an institution.
Peggy, a devout Roman Catholic, said her prayer: ‘Please, holy Mother, help them to put the ball in the right net’, before settling down to the game.
Devout Christians sought austere monasteries and convents for a period of solitude and the chance to be reunited with God.
I, as I said, was raised Catholic, and I was I don't know that I would use the word prissy, but I was awfully devout and careful. Agnostic Michael Krasny Has 'Spiritual Envy'
During the actual reconstruction, architect John Greenfield and master carpenter Peter McCurdy followed this resolution devoutly.
(being mentioned); we say no, on account of the threefoldness of devout meditation (which would result from your interpretation); on account of The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
Everyone who knows Brown concurs in one thing - that his formative influence was his background, and in particular his late father John, a devoutly religious man and a minister in the Church of Scotland.
A truly devout Catholic, in her grief she leaned with all a woman's trust and confidingness upon the love and power of Christ, and something of the divine calmness which we associate with the character of the mother of our Lord, and which has been so wonderfully depicted to the eye by some of the older painters, pervaded her spirit. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick
They might be devoutly nationalistic but also ideologically monarchist.
Devout New England Puritans were not unusually promiscuous or intemperate.
A regular Mass goer, Christina was a devout Christian lady who remained ever true to her deeply held faith.
We feel a devout conviction that Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia Skeggs would have burked Goldsmith! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844
The dupatta is the scarf; a devout woman will use it to cover her hair, although she probably won’t take the trouble to hide every strand. Sucking Beyond the Telling of it
In high school, there was a series of talks on various social issues given to us by devoutly catholic speakers.
It was MacLeod who came out with the view, which was extremely bold at the time, that a devout Highland Calvinist could have a place for the Mod and the culture.
I mean I am good at being a Catholic: by turns devout and dubious, by turns proud and ashamed of our church history and practice, by turns stingy and generous in my tithing.
He devoutly believed in fairies, whom he called pixies; and held that they changed babies, and made the mushroom rings on the downs to dance in. Westward Ho!
I wouldnt wish, for my part, replied Mrs Sullivan, to have anything to do wid itneither act nor part; and she crossed herself devoutly, on contemplating such an unholy alliance as that at which her companion hinted. The Lianhan Shee
(b) One employee invites another employee to attend worship services at her church, though she knows that the invitee is a devout adherent of another faith. Guidelines On Religious Expression In The Workplace
Conceivably, if I were more devout and spent time to wholly and holily understand the religious significance of Hanukkah -- beyond the magical tale of the oil's under-estimated longevity -- I would have more respect for the eight crazy nights. Danny Licht: Jews for Christmas, or How to Make the Holidays Less Blue
Despite becoming devoutly religious, he was arrested for shoplifting during 2004.
In short, they are so devout, sweet and innocent, that I have indulged my Fancy to that degree, so as to resolve to marry the Elder, who seems not averse to the Proposal; but will determine nothing till her Guardian comes to Town: But I hope to unrivet that Fancy; for you know that my loose way of living has made a great Hole in my little Estate, which her Guardian would soon find out, and perhaps I should be disappointed in the first Resolution I ever made of marrying. The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen
Strange, that the stigma of atheism should have been affixed to a system whose very starting-point is Deity and whose great characteristic is the _ignoration_ of everything but Deity, insomuch that the pure and devout Novalis pronounced the author a God-drunken man, and The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858
The latter shocked bluenoses with satanic sadism, but also reassured the devout by insisting that God and the devil were real.
He was devoutly committed to principles of secularism, pluralism, liberty and republicanism (the governmental structure, not the party).
The devout Catholic was drunk and began to pour forth appalling blasphemies.
St. Bonaventure remarks, that this animal, by the respect it manifested during the celebration of the Sacred Mysteries, taught the Christians the deep reverence with which they ought to assist at Mass, and at the same time passed a deserved censure on those who are irreverent or indevout during its celebration. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
Calvinistic; in partiality for mercy, even to the neglect of justice, he was Socinian; but we may speak of him as at once orthodox and liberal, devout and humanitarian; to whom the kingdom of heaven came without observation, and was not declared in the usual phrases, but whose "CALLING was of God. Character and Death of Abraham Lincoln
Christina, like her mother and sister Maria, was a devout High Anglican, much influenced by the Tractarians.
She is a devout Roman Catholic.
Pope become, even in the eyes of devout Catholics, that de Maistre called the inflexible but supine Pontiff a punchinello of no importance. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.)
The medieval painters who beautified the island's thousands of churches with frescoes and iconic pictures had their own earthy, realistic and inimitably Cretan style, warmly humorous yet extremely devout.
The highest Self is called by these different terms in order to teach threefoldness of devout meditation; viz. meditation on Brahman in itself as the cause of the entire world; on Brahman as having for its body the totality of enjoying (individual) souls; and on Brahman as having for its body the objects and means of enjoyment. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
Salieri, who has risen from humble origins to his position of eminence through sheer hard work, is a deeply devout man.
The profound responsibility of parenthood, the devout sacrifices of wedlock, the simple trusts of childhood, demand that the inviolable sanctities of marriage shall be kept scrupulously pure.
These three petitions teach the insatiableness, if we may use the word, of devout desires. Expositions of Holy Scripture
The kirpan has deep religious significance to devout Sikhs and is not a weapon.
Presently there comes up an old cantonnier in a blouse and heavy sabots, who has just returned from mending the roads; he takes off his cap, crosses himself devoutly, and kneels down to pray. Normandy Picturesque
People in Shang Dynasty frequently prayed for rain and blessing , and sacrifice the mountain devoutly.
One section of the media gave too much spate to the proposed visits of some of the Hollywood stars, as if their coming was more important than the coming of millions of devout Hindu pilgrims.
And the pills are marvellous for them, they can take them without the devoutest husbands knowing anything about it. ' Flying Finish
Although he seems to be an old-fashioned non-conformist, he is in fact a very devout Catholic.
A devout cowboy lost his favourite Bible while he was mending fences out on the range.
The undevout astronomer must be mad.
As a devout Anglican, Thomas Hobbes supplements and clarifies his political theory by the Bible and theological doctrine.
They appreciate devout truths in devout language (I Con 2.13 RSV marginal). Archive 2009-11-01
I live in the secular, democratic United States, where many religions are practiced, and I also devoutly follow Islam.
Believers ought to assimilate how a assorted tools of their being work or they shall not be equates to to thoughts a devout from a soulical. THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre
Judge Keller, 55, has always kept her own counsel; her colleagues at the court have given her the nickname Mother Superior because of her reserved and diligent demeanor and her devout Roman Catholic faith. News | LD | http://www.the-dispatch.com
Yezad, on the other hand, gradually reverts to the Parsi religious practice of his ancestors, in spite of his earlier skepticism and to the delight of his devout wife.
As best I can tell, the Boy Scouts are open to anyone who says they're religious, regardless of the religion, and regardless of the degree of devoutness.
It seems to me now that her excessive devoutness is her way of trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified. OUT OF THE ASHES
Those people who lifted up arms of sensation with dolorous hearts yearned for retaining a sentence of words from God with stretching devoutness .
These are reflections of unquestioning belief and acceptance, like the devout homages of the Master of Ghent or a Fra Angelico.
A lively and enlightened faith, a solid and fervent piety, and a superior mind, convinced him that since the time of the abasement of the Son of God, humiliation is honorable, and adds to the splendor of the highest dignities; a truth which is not understood by persons of little faith, by the proud, the indevout, and those of little mind. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
He was a caring doctor to all his patients and a devout Christian throughout his life.
On 17 June, 2008, I'Akobu Tacuma Maloney — a bright, high-achieving 23-year-old Barbadian engineer who had recently graduated from the University of the West Indies, and a devout Rastafari — died in a mysterious encounter with the Barbados police. Global Voices in English » Barbados: Questions about Maloney inquest verdict
It is ironic that the term bribery, used to describe what was happening between Washington and Tel Aviv, was first introduced by a former American official who happens to be a devout Jew. Daoud Kuttab: America's Latest $3 Billion Bribe to Israel
Opponents relentlessly portrayed the quiet, devout Rachel as an adulteress at best, more often as a seductress and loose woman.
Can you imagine that a devout selectionist Darwinian advocate like Huxley managed somehow to undermine everything he still devoutly believed in a single paragraph devastating to the Darwinian model? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so devout and so certain that God heard his prayer.
His roomie said snake was cute and acted as a devout3 friend to human, moreover, he had tamed it for years.
Here endeth a short treatise of a devout ancress called Margery The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521
He sought to use his own devout Catholicism to woo back the lost voters, but with little success.
she was devoutly Catholic
In historical fact, Black Elk spent his adult life as a devoutly Catholic evangelist and catechist among the Lakota Sioux Indians.
A devout Catholic rather than an evangelical Protestant or Quaker, he was an unusual Irish abolitionist, but unswerving in his commitment.
The Nun's Story (1959)- Devout, kindhearted Belgian girl Gabrielle (Audrey Hepburn) takes vows and becomes Sister Luke, a nun who achieves her dream of working in the Belgian Congo and ministering to the infirm, yet not without difficulties of conscience. John Farr: Getting Religion: The Ten Best Films on Faith
It also absorbed Albanians with rich military experience from Serbia and Croatia as well as foreign mercenaries and possibly "Afghanis" (the devout Moslem veterans of the wars in Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
Florentius seeing that this was good, and that indeed no sacrifice could be more acceptable to God than zeal for souls, sent devout and learned men to other cities also to do a like work, especially to places where there were schools largely attended, such as Zwolle, Doesborch, The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes
His family had been devout Hindus, keenly persuaded of the importance of group loyalties. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
After more enquiries, a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read.
There was a small congregation in the parish part of the church even at Compline that night, a dozen or so goodmen of the district, come to offer devout thanks for deliverance from terror. The Virgin In The Ice
To add an autobiographical complexity: I was raised in a devout Mormon family in Utah but experienced a "deconversion" of sorts in 1989 when I was an Ezra Taft Benson Scholar at Brigham Young University. Philocrites: Who is Philocrites?
As a devoutly religious people, the Shakers provide another element of a usable past in their gender-inclusive image of God.
It is better to invoke the saints with devout prayers and tears, and with a humble mind to beg their glorious aid, than to search with vain inquisitiveness into their secrets.
I can't characterize my music as religious, although religious music is very close and dear to me, " says Kancheli, a devout Orthodox Christian.

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