devotional
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- noun
- /dɪˈvoʊʃənl/
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devocional
- She reads a daily devotional to reflect on her faith every morning.
- daily devotional
I now just use it to write this devotional to on Instagram.
- I now just use it to write this devotional to on Instagram.
- But one is my daily devotionals.
Examples
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Lynn: These words from your devotional really spoke to me: "My trust in turning to Him is the foremost way in which I serve Him."
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Apart from a few devotionals and a couple of the Narnia books, the first piece of Christian literature that I ever owned was J.I. Packer's "Evangelism & The Sovereignty Of God."
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Daily Devotional: The Process of Growing Up
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Why Christmas? is a helpful devotional that I received in the mail this week from Shepherd Press and read through this morning.
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Devotionals on this site were originally written by Word For You Today.
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These forty devotionals address the painful hardships realistically, as well as the doubt, worry, and fear that come with them.
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The small group discussed the devotional that inspired them to deepen their spiritual practices.
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He used a new devotional to guide his prayers during quiet time each day.
Synonyms
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A book of religious words people read to speak to God
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A small book with prayers, hymns, and readings for daily use by priests or monks
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
devotional = devotional (semi-transparent) = devotion + al
This noun is a substantivized use of the adjective 'devotional', so the form is unchanged but the specialized reading/text meaning is only partly predictable.
Etymology
Devotional is related to devote, from an old Latin word meaning 'to dedicate', and a devotional is a short religious reading you set aside time to read for daily reflection.