devotion
Usage
Example Sentences
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Roman North Africa went from a place where Christians were persecuted to a region known for its devotion.
North Africa was by then the Bible Belt of the late Roman West, characterized by intense Christian devotion and intellectual ferment.
The pair singing along to Prine and DeMent’s “In Spite of Ourselves,” with its wincingly funny lovers trading jabs and devotions, is one moment of levity and self-awareness breaking through the desperation.
From Los Angeles Times
The display of adoration and devotion is infectious.
From Salon
But the painful fact is that devotion alone cannot cure a complex, chronic disease.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
