devout person

Example Sentences

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“It’s just that I’m a very devout person, and I like to call all men of God Father.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

She was Wesleyan, the one faithful, the one devout person in his household.

From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May

But Izaak Walton was a meek and devout person; and my dear father was fond of angling, and—and—others I have known.

From Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls by Bruce, Josephine

On account of the early renown for piety which they acquired, it became usual to style any devout person a Theatino or Chietino.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

In that case I will go to her," answered Phut, "for she is a wise and devout person, and has told me of many happenings.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah