prayerfulness

noun

as in spirituality

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  1. spirituality
  2. holiness
  3. religiousness
  4. devotion
  5. sanctity
  6. morality
  7. asceticism
  8. saintliness
Noun
  • These artists are setting the soundtrack to a cultural shift, driven by Gen Z, back to church, religion and spirituality.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • Neptune can represent imagination, spirituality, idealism and illusion, while Aries is concerned with selfhood, courage and initiation.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of spirituality
Noun
  • The saints’ books, rich vestments and formal poses were visible signs of holiness, symbolizing their learning, discipline and eloquence.
    — Denva Gallant, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
  • Others limit prayer to God alone and emphasize remembering saints primarily as historical models of holiness.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of holiness
Noun
  • There's a sort of a natural world religiousness or spirituality or philosophy that swells around a lot of things and different characters.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Key measures of religiousness have remained remarkably stable since 2020, according to recent Pew Research Center polling.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of religiousness
Noun
  • At the core of what Earth linguistics is to me, is just a devotion to learning more than human language and integrating that into my own language as a way of expanding my conception of the world.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • In a broadly sweet, vivacious and gorgeously sung set Tuesday, that sentiment revealed the moral clarity that bolsters her songs about devotion and intimacy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of devotion
Noun
  • Those odors coming from the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights aren’t the odors of sanctity.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Responsible controllers use their dual-class shield to protect the sanctity of the R&D budget, ensuring that actual innovation and long-term investment always take precedence over short term profiteering.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of sanctity
Noun
  • Yes, these stories have monsters in them, heroic adventures, and black-and-white morality tales.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • But there’s a difference between narrating crime scenes at a remove and wrestling with the lingering morality of it all.
    — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
Definition of morality
Noun
  • Just books and plays, and an asceticism associated with the priests Jim would often play.
    — Carl Kurlander, Deadline, 13 June 2026
  • Following several years of contemplation and asceticism, Dorje hopes to return to the United States to teach in Minnesota's Buddhist community at the Nyingmapa Taksham Buddhist Center.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Definition of asceticism
Noun
  • In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
    — Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of saintliness
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