"devotional" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ [General-American] Forms: more devotional [comparative], most devotional [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl Etymology: devotion + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|devotion|al}} devotion + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} devotional (comparative more devotional, superlative most devotional)
  1. (usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship. Categories (topical): Religion Derived forms: devotionally, indevotional, pornographico-devotional Translations (of or pertaining to devotion or worship): набожен (nabožen) (Bulgarian), благочестив (blagočestiv) (Bulgarian), hengellinen (Finnish), dévotionnel (French), andächtig (German), andäktig (Swedish), andaktsfull (Swedish), compounds with andakt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-devotional-en-adj--qykCaBz Disambiguation of Religion: 53 24 23

Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ [General-American] Forms: devotionals [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl Etymology: devotion + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|devotion|al}} devotion + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} devotional (plural devotionals)
  1. A brief religious service.
    Sense id: en-devotional-en-noun-~G1ej9L4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 84 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 74 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 11 75 14
  2. A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
    Sense id: en-devotional-en-noun-GAVBcO3N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: daily devotional

Inflected forms

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