devotement
Example Sentences
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In heaven devotement is perfect, and joy of course unalloyed.
From Thoughts on Missions by Dibble, Sheldon
Thanks to the continued grace of God, that some of this spirit of Jesus—the self-sacrificing spirit, the spirit of devotement, even unto death—still exists on earth.
From Thoughts on Missions by Dibble, Sheldon
She was to be from this day of devotement the nation of war.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
Such heroic devotement might not be difficult in the sublime elation of Thermopylae; but it is a very different matter in a melancholy cottage, and in the midst of famishing children.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John
Till now, I had seen the hero, a Roman, merely a gallant chieftain of the most unromantic of all commonwealths, the land of inflexibility, remorseless daring, and fierce devotement to public duty.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 by Various
