devotion

de·vo·tion  (d-vshn)

n.

1. Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle. See Synonyms at love.

2. Religious ardor or zeal; piety.

3.

a. An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private. Often used in the plural.

b. devotions Prayers or religious texts: a book of devotions.

4. The act of devoting or the state of being devoted.

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devotion [dɪˈvəʊʃən]

n

1. (often foll by to) strong attachment (to) or affection (for a cause, person, etc.) marked by dedicated loyalty

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) religious zeal; piety

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (often plural) religious observance or prayers

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	devotion - feelings of ardent love; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" devotedness love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
	2.	devotion - commitment to some purpose; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" allegiance, commitment, loyalty, dedication - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" cultism - devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult hobbyism - a devotion to hobbies fetich, fetish - excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness" party spirit - devotion to a political party
	3.	devotion - religious zeal; the willingness to serve God idolatry, veneration, cultism worship - the activity of worshipping Bible-worship, bibliolatry - the worship of the Bible grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship - the worship of words symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry - the worship of symbols anthropolatry, worship of man - the worship of human beings gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship - the worship of women lordolatry - the worship of a lord because of his rank or title miracle-worship, thaumatolatry - the worship of miracles place-worship, topolatry - the worship of places
	4.	devotion - (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently); "he returned to his devotions" prayer, supplication - the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" bhakti - (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex novena - a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days Stations, Stations of the Cross - (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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devotion

noun

1. love, passion, affection, intensity, attachment, zeal, fondness, fervour, adoration, ardour, earnestness She was flattered by his devotion.

2. dedication, commitment, loyalty, allegiance, fidelity, adherence, constancy, faithfulness devotion to the cause
dedication neglect, disregard, indifference, carelessness, inattention, laxity, thoughtlessness, laxness

3. worship, reverence, spirituality, holiness, piety, sanctity, adoration, godliness, religiousness, devoutness He was kneeling by his bed in an attitude of devotion.
worship disrespect, irreverence, impiety

plural noun

prayers, religious observance, church service, prayer meeting, matins, vespers, divine office He performs his devotions twice a day.

Translations

devotion [dɪˈvəʊʃən] N

1. (to spouse, relative, football team, pop star) (also Rel) → devoción f (to por) (to friend) → lealtad f (to a) (to studies, duty, work, cause) → dedicación f (to a)

2. devotions (Rel) → oraciones fpl
to be at one's devotions → estar rezando

devotion [dɪˈvəʊʃ^ən] n

(= love) → dévouement m, attachement m
devotion to sb → dévouement à qn, dévouement envers qn, attachement à qn

(= commitment) → dévouement m
devotion to sth [+ job, cause] → dévouement à qch

(= religious feeling) → dévotion f, piété f

devotion

n

(to friend, wife etc) → Ergebenheit f → (to gegenüber); (to work) → Hingabe f (→ to an +acc); devotion to duty → Pflichteifer m

(of part of building, time etc) (→ für) → Verwendung f; (of resources) → Bestimmung f

devotions pl (Rel) → Andacht f; to be at one’s devotions → in Andacht versunken sein

devotion [dɪˈvəʊʃ/ən] n devotion (to) (studies etc) → devozione f (a), dedizione f (a); (friend, family) → attaccamento (a), fedeltà (a) devotions npl (Rel) → devozioni fpl

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devotion [dɪˈvəʊʃ/ən] n devotion (to) (studies etc) → devozione f (a), dedizione f (a); (friend, family) → attaccamento (a), fedeltà (a) devotions npl (Rel) → devozioni fpl