as in religious
of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion
a religious bookstore with an extensive stock of devotional literature
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Recent Examples of devotional
Hotel guests can also join an evening aarti (a ritual of light, music, and prayer) at the nearby Ram Mandir for an insight into Kathmandu’s devotional culture.
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Livia Hengel, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The hour-long tour will also showcase connections among works of art inspired by devotional beliefs across time and cultures.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Authorities found devotional pamphlets open to pages describing forgiveness in his cell.
—Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
This devotional journal from DaySpring invites you to reflect for 100 days on different Bible verses.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Livia Hengel, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The hour-long tour will also showcase connections among works of art inspired by devotional beliefs across time and cultures.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Authorities found devotional pamphlets open to pages describing forgiveness in his cell.
—Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
This devotional journal from DaySpring invites you to reflect for 100 days on different Bible verses.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devotional
Adjective
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Some of those details are in opposition to one another – the ancient and the modern, the religious and the secular -particularly in Riyadh.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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The Nazis’ demonization of ethnic and religious minorities, as well as political opponents, led to the Holocaust.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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As neoliberalism took hold, the market moved into the space once occupied by the sacred and the social.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Wilson notes that, in Black cultures, there traditionally is no separation between the sacred and the secular.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Through her lectures and art, Sangeetha champions faith, inclusivity, and the spiritual significance of cultures, striving to create a more compassionate, understanding, and harmonious world.—
Benjamin Liong Setiawan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The nameless boy becomes nothing more than collateral damage on the men’s superficial spiritual journey, cheapening any real progress that the brothers had made.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Its practical effects and creature designs remain dazzlingly strange, and its subterranean world—labyrinthine, liturgical, and etched with mysterious lore—echoes the Underpass in Us.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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As the hundreds of thousands of attendees collected themselves after the nearly two-and-a-half hour ceremony, some cardinals helped each other straighten their mitres, the liturgical pointed hats.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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“Devotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devotional. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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