de·vo·tion·al
di-ˈvō-sh(ə-)nəl 
dē-
: of, relating to, or characterized by devotion
devotional literature
: a short worship service
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Adjective
a religious bookstore with an extensive stock of devotional literature
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 23 May 2026
As the first Hindu member of the House, Gabbard was sworn into office with her hand on the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu devotional work.
—Arkansas Online, 23 May 2026
Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Her career spanned genres as well as musical eras, with sidelines in North Indian classical music, Hindu devotionals, folk, pop, and new age; her full catalog encompasses more than 12,000 songs, a feat recorded in the Guinness World Records in 2011 (when the tally stood at 11,000).
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
When the singer-songwriter Mo Sabri was growing up in East Tennessee, his Pakistani immigrant parents loved playing the swirling, rhythmic sounds of qawwali, Sufi Muslim devotional music.
—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 23 May 2026
As the first Hindu member of the House, Gabbard was sworn into office with her hand on the Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu devotional work.
—Arkansas Online, 23 May 2026
Noun
Since 2024, Berns has been writing and recording musical recaps of every Knicks game—part postmortems, part devotionals, part roasts—and posting them online.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Her career spanned genres as well as musical eras, with sidelines in North Indian classical music, Hindu devotionals, folk, pop, and new age; her full catalog encompasses more than 12,000 songs, a feat recorded in the Guinness World Records in 2011 (when the tally stood at 11,000).
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Devotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devotional. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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