prayerfulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prayerfulness
Noun
  • Though his characters tend to sidestep spirituality, Wilson doesn't and is often ruminating on life, death and whatever follows.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Behind much of Pärt’s popularity – and his listeners’ devotion – is his engagement with sacred Christian texts and Orthodox Christian spirituality.
    Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Groups supporting a candidate for sainthood campaign to publicize their holiness.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For instance, the fruit’s holiness is signaled in the Pentateuch.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • During Saturday night’s show, Gillis kept celebrating his Irish devotion.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Ganges has been a center of trade and devotion for centuries, the Brahmaputra feeds tea estates and wildlife-rich floodplains, and Kerala’s canals knit together fishing towns and rice paddies.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The designer’s namesake label delved into his passion for denim and also the sanctity of water.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The existential gripes from older generations about the sanctity of live show experiences seem to misunderstand the moment.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What begins as a family mystery gradually opens onto broader questions of social resentment, morality and the enduring trauma of history.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The story just keeps building on itself, adding new characters and deep complexity to what could otherwise have been a flat morality tale.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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
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“Prayerfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prayerfulness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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