| devotion | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. devotedness, devotion | feelings of ardent love.; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" |
| ~ love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection.; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" |
| n. (act) | 2. devotion | commitment to some purpose.; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" |
| ~ allegiance, commitment, loyalty, dedication | the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" |
| ~ cultism | devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult. |
| ~ hobbyism | a devotion to hobbies. |
| ~ fetich, fetish | excessive or irrational devotion to some activity.; "made a fetish of cleanliness" |
| ~ party spirit | devotion to a political party. |
| n. (act) | 3. cultism, devotion, idolatry, veneration | religious zeal; the willingness to serve God. |
| ~ worship | the activity of worshipping. |
| ~ bible-worship, bibliolatry | the worship of the Bible. |
| ~ grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship | the worship of words. |
| ~ symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry | the worship of symbols. |
| ~ anthropolatry, worship of man | the worship of human beings. |
| ~ gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship | the worship of women. |
| ~ lordolatry | the worship of a lord because of his rank or title. |
| ~ miracle-worship, thaumatolatry | the worship of miracles. |
| ~ place-worship, topolatry | the worship of places. |
| n. (act) | 4. devotion | (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently).; "he returned to his devotions" |
| ~ prayer, supplication | the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving).; "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" |
| ~ bhakti | (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex. |
| ~ novena | a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
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