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

Noun

1. strong attachment to or affection for someone or something

2. religious zeal; piety

3. devotions religious observance or prayers

devotional adj

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

noun 2. dedication, commitment, loyalty, allegiance, fidelity, adherence, constancy, faithfulness << OPPOSITE indifference

noun 3. worship, reverence, spirituality, holiness, piety, sanctity, adoration, godliness, religiousness, devoutness << OPPOSITE irreverence

plural noun 4. prayers, religious observance, church service, divine office

Translations

devotion [dɪˈvəuʃən] n → dedicación f;

(REL) → devoción f

devotion [dɪˈvəuʃən] devote n → dévouement m, attachement m;

(Rel) → dévotion f, piété f

devotion [dɪˈvəuʃən] devote n (affection) → Ergebenheit f;

(dedication) → Hingabe f;

(Rel) → Andacht f

devotion [dɪˈvəuʃən] n → devozione f; attaccamento;

(REL) → atto di devozione, preghiera