devotion

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
  4. (countable, usually) A prayer (often found in the plural).
  5. (in-plural, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Religious offerings; alms.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈvəʊʃən/
Etymology

From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.

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