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# devout

«devout» in Mova's school dictionary: **very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Devout means very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devout/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a holy person, monk or family is shown as deeply faithful to a god.

### examples

- The devout old woman prayed every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devout/#x1)
- Her devout brother went to the temple each morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devout/#x2)
- He was a devout believer in the gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devout/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «devout» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/devout/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.