1
: committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
a devout Catholic
devoutly
adverb
devoutness
noun
Examples of devout in a Sentence
It is his devout wish to help people in need.
devout Red Sox fans never lost faith during the long World Series drought
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Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Howard was remembered as a devout member of his church and a stubborn, loving patriarch.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Her maternal grandmother, Mae Eudora Jones, was a devout Christian Scientist from Belleville, Arkansas, who’d been married five times by the age of fifty.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
After all, Stabler was married with 300 children, and a devout Catholic to boot.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for devout
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“Devout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devout. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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devout
adjective
de·vout
di-ˈvau̇t 
1
: devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
2
: expressing devotion
a devout attitude
3
a
: devoted to an activity, belief, or type of behavior
a devout baseball fan
b
: earnest entry 2 sense 1, sincere
gave them devout thanks
devoutly
adverb
devoutness
noun
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