Definitions for devout

devout de·vout

Spelling: [dih-vout]
IPA: /dɪˈvaʊt/

Devout is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in devout (deotuv).

Definitions for devout

adjective

  1. devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious:
  2. expressing devotion or piety:
  3. earnest or sincere; hearty:

Origin of devout

1175-1225; Middle English Anglo-French, Old French devo(u)t Late Latin dēvotus, Latin: devoted; see devote

Examples for devout

Hobby Lobby, which sells arts and crafts materials, is owned by devout Southern Baptists.

All the devout women of the town were full of excitement about his preaching.

Alicia is a devout atheist, if devout can be used to describe someone who does not believe in a God.

It was a mystery to devout Christians in the early Church, too.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

He really grew quite tender and devout over these meditations.

Hawkins and Drake were as devout and humane as other men of their time.

The Moravians were an industrious, inventive, highly organized, devout people who valued education for all.

The Austria-based restaurant was first noted by the scholar and monk Albuin, who was a devout follower of Charlemagne.

He is zealous but not fanatical, but equally superstitious as devout.

Word Value for devout
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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