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How to use devotional in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, adjective

Devotional means a brief religious service. Example: “To prepare for leading a devotional, select a theme appropriate to the occasion.”

Examples of devotional by meaning

nounA brief religious service.

  • To prepare for leading a devotional, select a theme appropriate to the occasion.

nounA text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.

  • Each page of the book offers a short devotional that inspires thought and self-reflection.

adjectiveOf or pertaining to devotion or worship.

  • She spent much time playing devotional music.
  • She doesn't seem however to have the slightest idea why she is doing it, it is a devotional, not a political action.1981 August 29, Michael Bronski, “Hot and Cold Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 7, page 11

More sentences with devotional

  • For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers.From the entry prayer
  • A gyani also sings kirtan, devotional songs which again impart religious and moral teaching.1993, Gerald Parsons, The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain in 1945, London: Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 234, →ISBN. From the entry gyani
  • Characteristically, the West had made sure that this devotional concept was turned into a precise doctrine, that of Mary's bodily Assumption.2003, Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History, Penguin, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry Marian
  • Hasidism was a pietistic devotional movement in which the relationship between Rebbe and disciple was of paramount importance.1994, Simcha Paull Raphael, Jewish Views of the Afterlife, page 352. From the entry pietistic
  • Many printers (in Lorraine, in Normandy, and in Avignon) specialized in reprints of best-selling devotional books, some of which reached truly impressive total pressruns.1994, Henri-Jean Martin, The History and Power of Writing, page 262. From the entry pressrun
  • It seemed she was much occupied by her devotional services as was suggested by the sound of the cronch and the ringing of the bells every day.2014, Krishna Saksena, “In the Neighbourhood”, in The Tales My Wrinkles Tell, Ocean Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry cronch

Meaning of devotional

  1. noun A brief religious service.
  2. noun A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.

Full definition of devotional

Questions about devotional in a sentence

How do you use devotional in a sentence?
Devotional is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “To prepare for leading a devotional, select a theme appropriate to the occasion.”
What is a short sentence with devotional?
“She spent much time playing devotional music.”
What does devotional mean?
Devotional means a brief religious service.

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