Definition of devotion

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Devotion (n.) The act of devoting; consecration.

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Fetishism :: Fetishism (n.) Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.
Materialism :: Materialism (n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.
Self-sacrifice :: Self-sacrifice (n.) The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion..
Sacerdotalism :: Sacerdotalism (m.) The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order..
Mammonish :: Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
Cling :: Cling (n.) Adherence; attachment; devotion.
Ascetic :: Ascetic (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
Primordialism :: Primordialism (n.) Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state..
Addiction :: Addiction (n.) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
Prayerful :: Prayerful (a.) Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional.
Personate :: Personate (v. t.) To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion..
Psalmistry :: Psalmistry (n.) The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.
Liturgy :: Liturgy (a.) An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass..
Oratory :: Oratory (n.) A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions..
Sectarianism :: Sectarianism (n.) The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
Scapulary :: Scapulary (n.) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
Mysticism :: Mysticism (n.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained..
Devout :: Devout (n.) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion..
Patriotism :: Patriotism (n.) Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
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