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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devout \De*vout"\, noun
1. A devotee. [Obs.] --Sheldon.
2. A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion. [Obs.] --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devout \De*vout"\, adjective [OE. devot, devout, F. d['e]vot, from L. devotus devoted, p. p. of devovere. See {Devote}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
A devout man, and one that feared God. --Acts x. 2.
We must be constant and devout in the worship of God. --Rogers.
2. Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture. --Milton.
3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.
{The devout}, devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious.
Syn: Holy; pure; religious; prayerful; pious; earnest; reverent; solemn; sincere.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
devout
adjective
1: devoutly religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken [syn: {god-fearing}, {pious}]
2: earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: {dear}, {earnest}, {heartfelt}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "devout": Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, abandoned, active, adorant, adoring, afire, ardent, assured, believing, burning, certain, churchgoing, committed, compliant, confident, conforming, conscientious, constant, convinced, cultish, cultist, cultistic, dedicated, devoted, devotional, dogmatic, doubtless, duteous, dutiful, earnest, faithful, fervent, fervid, fideistic, fiery, flaming, genuine, godly, heartfelt, hearty, heated, holy, hot, hot-blooded, impassioned, imploring, impressed with, in earnest, in the dust, intense, intent, intent on, loyal, meticulous, mindful, observant, on bended knee, on fire, passionate, perfervid, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, positive, practicing, prayerful, precative, precatory, prostrate before, punctilious, punctual, pure, red-hot, regardful, religious, resolute, reverent, reverential, saintly, satisfied, scrupulous, secure, serious, sincere, sold on, solemn, spirited, staunch, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, sure, theistic, true, under the impression, undoubtful, undoubting, vehement, venerational, venerative, warm, white-hot, worshipful, worshiping, zealous
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