devotion (n.)
- abandon
- adherence
- adhesion
- admiration
- adoration
- affection
- agape
- allegiance
- altruism
- ardor
- attachment
- beatification
- beatitude
- blessedness
- blessing
- bond
- burden
- business
- canonization
- charge
- charity
- commitment
- committedness
- conformity
- consecration
- constancy
- cult
- cultism
- cultus
- decision
- decisiveness
- dedication
- deference
- definiteness
- desire
- determinateness
- determination
- devoir
- devotedness
- devoutness
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- dutifulness
- duty
- eagerness
- earnestness
- enthusiasm
- ethics
- exaltation
- faith
- faithfulness
- fanaticism
- fancy
- fastness
- fealty
- fervency
- fervidness
- fervor
- fidelity
- fire
- firmness
- flame
- fondness
- glorification
- godliness
- grace
- heart
- heartiness
- heat
- holiness
- homage
- humility
- idolatry
- idolization
- imperative
- infatuation
- intensity
- intentness
- justification
- lasciviousness
- latria
- libido
- like
- liking
- love
- lovemaking
- loyalty
- mission
- modesty
- must
- obligation
- observance
- obstinacy
- onus
- ordination
- ought
- passion
- passionateness
- perseverance
- persistence
- pietism
- piety
- piousness
- place
- popularity
- prayer
- prostration
- purification
- purpose
- purposefulness
- readiness
- regard
- relentlessness
- religion
- religionism
- religiosity
- religiousness
- resoluteness
- resolution
- resolve
- respect
- reverence
- ritual
- sacrifice
- sainthood
- sanctification
- sanctity
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-denial
- self-effacement
- self-sacrifice
- self-will
- selflessness
- sentiment
- seriousness
- sex
- shine
- sincerity
- single-mindedness
- spirit
- spirituality
- staunchness
- steadfastness
- tenacity
- theism
- tie
- troth
- truelove
- trueness
- unselfishness
- uxoriousness
- vehemence
- veneration
- warmth
- weakness
- will
- willingness
- worship
- yearning
- zeal
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world knows.
Your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see,
So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion,
Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee.
As still to the star of its worship, though clouded,
The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea,
So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded,
The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee.
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow.
