prayerfulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prayerfulness
Noun
  • The corollary is that paintings that don’t seem to have been purchased by the couple must be empty and flat, without the vein of spirituality that would bring them to life.
    Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Over a decade ago, Brazilian photographer and filmmaker Viviane D’Avilla traveled to India looking to develop a photography project based on the country’s culture and spirituality.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 22 June 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
  • Courtesy of Judice & Araujo That encounter helped awaken his lifelong devotion to plants.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • This devotion to excellence has paved the way for EltaMD’s recognition by the likes of Hailey Bieber, Sydney Sweeney, Kendall Jenner, Drew Barrymore, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • This fear of collective consciousness is that which drives the straight path and its state and federal architects to do everything in their power to pave over the work and sanctity of ethnic studies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • But long before these explorers touched foot on Wyoming’s soil, Native American tribes were already thriving there, living on the land and honoring its sanctity.
    Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • In the Greek world, honor isn’t tethered to morality.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • At the heart of this debate is a fundamental disagreement about sexuality, morality and identity.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
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
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 1 Jul. 2026.

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