| NOUN | feeling | devotion, devotedness | feelings of ardent love |
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| act | devotion | commitment to some purpose | |
| act | devotion, idolatry, veneration, cultism | religious zeal | |
| act | devotion | (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently) |
| Sounds | dihvow'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Feelings of ardent love. | |
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| Example | "their devotion to each other was beautiful" | |
| Synonym | devotedness | |
| Broader | love | A strong positive emotion of regard and affection |
| Catalan | devoció | |
| Spanish | devoción | |
| Meaning | commitment to some purpose. | |
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| Example | "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" | |
| Narrower | cultism | devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult |
| fetish, fetich | excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | |
| hobbyism | A devotion to hobbies | |
| party spirit | devotion to a political party | |
| Broader | commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication | The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action |
| Catalan | dedicació | |
| Spanish | dedicación | |
| Verbs | devote | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| Meaning | religious zeal; the willingness to serve God. | |
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| Synonyms | idolatry, veneration, cultism | |
| Narrower | anthropolatry, worship of man | The worship of human beings |
| bibliolatry, Bible-worship | The worship of the Bible | |
| gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship | The worship of women | |
| lordolatry | The worship of a lord because of his rank or title | |
| symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship | The worship of symbols | |
| thaumatolatry, miracle-worship | The worship of miracles | |
| topolatry, place-worship | The worship of places | |
| verbolatry, grammatolatry, word-worship | The worship of words | |
| Broader | worship | The activity of worshipping |
| Catalan | devoció | |
| Spanish | devoción | |
| Verbs | devote | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| Meaning | (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently). | |
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| Example | "he returned to his devotions" | |
| Narrower | Stations, Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
| bhakti | (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana | |
| novena | A Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days | |
| Broader | prayer, supplication | The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Catalan | devoció | |
| Spanish | devoción | |