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devotion

 
Noun devotion has 4 senses
  1. devotion, devotedness - feelings of ardent love; "their devotion to each other was beautiful"
    --1 is a kind of love
  2. devotion - commitment to some purpose; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science"
    --2 is a kind of
    commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication
    --2 has particulars: cultism; fetish, fetich; party spirit
    Derived form: verb devote1
  3. idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism - religious zeal; willingness to serve God
    --3 is a kind of worship
    --3 has particulars:
     bibliolatry, Bible-worship; verbolatry, grammatolatry, word-worship; symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship; anthropolatry, worship of man; gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship; lordolatry; thaumatolatry, miracle-worship; topolatry, place-worship
    Derived form: verb devote1
  4. devotion - (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently); "he returned to his devotions"
    --4 is a kind of
    prayer, supplication
    --4 has particulars: bhakti; novena; Stations, Stations of the Cross
devoted predicate devotedly devotedness devotee devotees devotes devoties devoting devotion devotional devotions devoult devour devoure devoured devourer devourer1

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