devout person
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devout — [[t]dɪva͟ʊt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A devout person has deep religious beliefs. She was a devout Christian... His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people. N PLURAL: the N The devout are people who are devout. ...priests instructing the devout.… … English dictionary
devout — devout, pious, religious, pietistic, sanctimonious apply mainly to persons, their acts, and their words and mean showing fervor and reverence in the practice of religion. Devout stresses an attitude of mind or a feeling that leads one to such… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Demographics of Turkey — Demographics of Republic of Turkey 1961–2007 Population: 72,586,256[1] (2009 est.) Growth rate: 1.45% (2009 est … Wikipedia
Prayer-Books — • A collection of forms of prayer intended for private devotion, and in so far distinct from the service books which contain the liturgical formularies used in public worship. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prayer Books … Catholic encyclopedia
worship — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Reverence Nouns 1. worship, adoration, devotion, homage, service; religious rites or observance; respect, reverence, veneration; cult; deification, idolization. See idolatry, gratitude, religion, rite. 2 … English dictionary for students
MESSIAH — MESSIAH, an anglicization of the Latin Messias, which is borrowed from the Greek Μεσσιας, an adaptation of the Aramaic meshiḥa (Aram. מְשִׁיחָא), a translation of the Hebrew (ha melekh) ha mashi aḥ (Heb. הַמָּשִׁיח (ְהַמֶּלֶך), the Anointed… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
father — This would seem to be the natural term for a speaker to use to his or her father, but whether it is used or not depends on individual family practice, which may in turn be influenced by the social and educational level of the family concerned … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Abul-Hassan Kharaqani — Abul Hassan Ali ibn Ahmad (or ibn Ja’far) ibn Salmān al Kharaqāni or Shaikh Abul Hassan Kharaqāni [also written Kherqāni] (Persian شیخ ابوالحسن خرقانی ) is one of the great Sufis of Islam. He was born in 963 CE (352 Hijri) in Khorasan in a… … Wikipedia
Neeta Sen — Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Final illness and death 4 References 5 References … Wikipedia
worshiper — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. churchgoer, communicant, congregant, pilgrim, supplicant, devotee, devotionalist, adorer, pietist, pious person, devout person, celebrant, saint, priest, priestess. Ant. skeptic*, atheist, agnostic … English dictionary for students
religionist — re li·gion·ist || rɪ lɪdÊ’É™nɪst n. devout person, pious person, one who is deeply religious … English contemporary dictionary
