"devotional" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-devotional.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more devotional [comparative], most devotional [superlative]
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  1. (usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship. Derived forms: devotionalism, devotionalist, devotionality, devotionally, indevotional, nondevotional, pornographico-devotional, undevotional Translations (of or pertaining to devotion or worship): набожен (nabožen) (Bulgarian), благочестив (blagočestiv) (Bulgarian), hengellinen (Finnish), dévotionnel (French), andächtig (German), āōkkām (Khiamniungan Naga), devocional (Spanish), andäktig (Swedish), andaktsfull (Swedish), compounds with andakt [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-devotional.wav [Southern-England] Forms: devotionals [plural]
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  1. A brief religious service.
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  2. A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: daily devotional

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