prayerfulness

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Noun
  • Propaganda was the art that conveyed—through emotions and even spirituality, not intellect—the all-encompassing ideology that ruled one’s life.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Thank goodness women support each other in our spirituality.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Others limit prayer to God alone and emphasize remembering saints primarily as historical models of holiness.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Even adversaries in the Arab world have never sunk to attacking the holiness of the Western Wall.
    Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
  • For Wood, her dedication to preserving her showgirl house feels like a natural extension of Vegas’s longstanding devotion to visual spectacle.
    Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
  • His devotion to older movies earned Turner a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
    David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • By choosing sustainable options and participating in recycling programs, pilgrims can ensure that their journey of faith also respects the sanctity of the natural world.
    FMG Studios, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
  • With the world facing profound suffering and division, moral voices calling for peace, restraint and sanctity of human life deserve to be protected and amplified, not condemned.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Baselitz was charged with offending public morality; the case dragged on for two years before being dismissed, but his reputation was cemented.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2026
  • At the time, plenty of commentators treated Juicero as a morality tale.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Beyond their asceticism, the six members of the group - Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung - hail from different countries, including the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Frayne writes that some second- and third-century sects, such as the Encratites, Priscilliantists, and Manicheans, advocated against meat eating, typically as part of a broader asceticism that might also include celibacy.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2025
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
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“Prayerfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prayerfulness. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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