Adjective, : a devout Catholic. ,devout prayer. ,He had a devout allegiance to the political regime.    From Dictionary.com. 

But there was something puzzling about their devoutness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Their puzzling devoutness] Reference

In this sudden change from fiends to the penitence and devoutness of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm] Reference

Neither devoutness nor progress but mere personal expansion is his goal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Preaching and Paganism] Reference

And you wish me to believe in the devoutness of that man's daughter!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

His great devoutness, simplicity, and enlightenment alone distinguished him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference

He said, too, in great humility and devoutness, that he would now gladly die.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference

I answered somewhat stiffly that her devoutness had first attracted me to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Past Through Tomorrow]

When does devoutness become obsession, blotting out every other consideration?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murder Crossed]

Alec had told her before of Ted's devoutness, his interest in the Ah Tran movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unpublished Writer and His Love Interest (The Painter)] Reference

If so, that's one of the biggest about-faces I've ever seen in the world of devoutness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Feig: Wow, talk about an about-face!] Reference

For her faith, devoutness, ethnicity, humble charity, all at the wrong time in America.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Abduction, Secret Detention, Torture, and Repeated Raping of Aafia Siddiqui] Reference

"Belike through the night or he concealeth himself from of special devoutness, and me.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference

And he proved the devoutness of his gratitude by conscientiously getting drunk every Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference

Although he felt some contempt for her devoutness and generosity to the poor, he respected her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-24] Reference

Its works possess a peculiar simplicity and devoutness -- much tranquillity and gentleness of sentiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters] Reference

His devoutness had always unsettled her a little, but there was something more awful about his certainty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chosen Of The Gods]

I don't think anyone who didn't like him already will be persuaded of his devoutness by this "profession.".    From Wordnik.com.  [From the WSJ Opinion Archives] Reference

Those of us who were admitted into the inner circle of his friends were profoundly impressed by his devoutness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference

He made his way to Afghanistan, where he met bin Laden at a training camp and was impressed by his "devoutness.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Former militants now wage battle within Libya to discredit al-Qaeda] Reference

There is pathology wrapped up in sainthood, James admits, along with other excesses: devoutness can lead to fanaticism.    From Wordnik.com.  [William James, part 5: Saintliness] Reference

So quit scruple and asceticism and cast off devoutness and abstinence and take thy fill of my possession and enjoy my loveliness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

Mrs. Cregan is beginning to hope that she has warded off the predicted bad fortune by her devoutness, but she still has her fears.    From Wordnik.com.  [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference

Then, at a little distance -- the most astonishing and unlooked-for tail to all this village splendour and devoutness -- Schwartz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference

Boswell, who was the imitator of the great moralist in everything, assumed, of course, an extra devoutness on the present occasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Oliver Goldsmith] Reference

I tell thee, dear child, open thy heart to the pain, and it will do thee more good than if thou wert full of feeling and devoutness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Strength for Daily Needs] Reference

His two brothers, whose devoutness of character their enemies could no more dispute than his own, became converts also to Protestantism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Luther] Reference

He seemed to almost ignore his notes as he talked to the people, and the people in turn manifested a devoutness never witnessed before by.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of Monastery Farm] Reference

I was then sitting by his side and he, seeing in her the signs of asceticism and devoutness, made her draw near and take seat hard by him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

They were no patterns of devoutness or of morality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference

Professional devoutness is deemed more righteous on such occasions than poetic fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference

What does Bwarney gayness have to do with his devoted devoutness to his loyal constituents?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The People's Cube - News] Reference

'By that,' rejoined Gower, 'I can say Lord Feltre proves there's wisdom in the truisms of devoutness.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference

Cross, and with sundry dramatic taps on the forehead, Jottings over the breast, and awful grimace of devoutness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference