6 sentences with 'devout'
Example sentences and phrases with the word devout and other words derived from it.
• « As a devout Jew, Paul was a zealous persecutor of the early Christians, until he was converted to the new faith by a vision sent to him by Jesus. »
• « His father, Loth, a devout Christian who was trained as a teacher by Protestant missionaries, was also a station master on the Benguela Railway, a railroad that his guerrilla son would eventually put out of service. »
• « Numerous devout priests, monks and nuns abhorred the corruption of their peers and superiors in the Church and called for change - the Spanish branch of the Church enjoyed a strong period of reform during the 15th century, for example. »
• « Jane is a devout Anglican and has strong religious convictions. "If I hadn't had faith in God," she has said, "I wouldn't have been able to marry Stephen. I wouldn't have had the optimism I needed to overcome adversity. He is going into really important territory for people who think. »
• « Traditional Catalan couples do not consider themselves truly married until they have had their photograph taken in front of the basilica. "My wife is not devout, but when our son was born she took him to Montserrat to present him to the Virgin," an Englishman married to a Catalan told me. »
• « I was never very devout when it came to religion. I was a Christian, certainly; but I would be lying if I said I stood on my faith. »