as in religious
of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion a religious bookstore with an extensive stock of devotional literature

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Recent Examples of devotional This devotional journal from DaySpring invites you to reflect for 100 days on different Bible verses. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025 The hour-long tour will also showcase connections among works of art inspired by devotional beliefs across time and cultures. Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 Authorities found devotional pamphlets open to pages describing forgiveness in his cell. Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025 This daily devotional journal, $9.11 at Walmart, encourages you to write down personal thoughts and feelings to grow your relationship with God. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for devotional
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Adjective
  • In the capital Naypyitaw, the quake damaged religious shrines, sending parts toppling to the ground, and some homes.
    Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • With Ramadan now a season of cultural significance beyond religious observance, its musical phenomenon continues to evolve, marking a unique space where nostalgia, innovation and commercial success intersect.
    Hala Mustafa, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • Others may also visit the sacred sites for a voluntary pilgrimage called Umrah that can be undertaken at any time.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In historical records, Abydos was referred to as a sacred city that was the final resting place of Osiris — the god of the underworld — and the preferred resting place for the first pharaohs.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
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  • This choice jells with the Spanish psytrance producer’s generally hard aesthetic: her intricate music — laced with a spiritual chants and loaded with kickdrum — is intense, as are looks favoring latex and snakes as accessories.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The most captivating of the three love stories is Smoke’s reunion with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), a Hoodoo conjurer and Orisha spiritual healer who runs a small plantation store, where their infant son is buried outside under an oak tree.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • The atmosphere of anticipation and reverence, this collective yearning, a combination of hope and deference, seemed liturgical in a way that connected all the human figures scattered across the acres.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Mardi Gras is truly a global phenomenon and every celebration is different, even if they are all tied to the liturgical calendar and the same principal of wild revelry.
    Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Devotional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devotional. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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