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devoutful

devoutful adjective: full of devotion; devoted or pious.

Adjective

devoutful (comparative more devoutful, superlative most devoutful)

  1. (obsolete) Full of devotion; devoted or pious.
  2. (obsolete) Sacred.
    • [T]o ſelect among ten thouſand faires, / A Lady farre inferior to the moſt, / In faire proportion both of limbe and ſoule: / To take her from auſterer check of parents, / To make her his by moſt deuoutfull rightes, / Make her commandreſſe of a better eſſence / Then is the gorgious world even of a...c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent. […], revised edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii

Synonyms of devoutful

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Forms of devoutful

comparativemore devoutful
superlativemost devoutful

Origin of devoutful

From devout (adjective) + -ful.

Questions about devoutful

What does devoutful mean?
Devoutful means full of devotion; devoted or pious.
What part of speech is devoutful?
Devoutful is an adjective.

Words near devoutful in the dictionary

  1. devours
  2. devout
  3. devouted
  4. devouter
  5. devoutest
  6. devoutful
  7. devoutless
  8. devoutly
  9. devoutness
  10. devoutnesses
  11. devouts

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