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devout

adjective
🔊/dɪˈvaʊt/
🔊/dɪˈvaʊt/
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  1. (of a person人) believing strongly in a particular religion and obeying its laws and practices笃信宗教的；虔诚的
    • a devout Christian/Muslim虔诚的基督徒／穆斯林
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDevout is used with these nouns:
    • believer
    • Buddhist
    • Catholic
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French devot, from Latin devotus ‘devoted’, past participle of devovere, from de- ‘formally’ + vovere ‘to vow’.