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
He was a thoroughly good, devout person in a simple way, and most grateful for Dora’s coming to read to him.
From The Carbonels by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
Dying had not forthwith made me a devout person.
From The Gates Between by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
Those other tendencies seemed to be absent in Francesca, and little by little her acquaintances began to speak of her as a devout person.
From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André
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
