Meanings:
PrayersLoyaltyReligious observanceOrigins: Devotion is from the Latin devotio, meaning “zeal.”
In Literature:
From Frithjof Schuon, “Truth and Devotion,” Songs for a Spiritual Traveler (2002):Devotion—a sound, a wondrous word,
Fragrant with love and holy silence;
A magic word, whose beauty is enough
To convince us of the power of Truth.
“They . . . had followed honor; and this was sanctified even more in their eyes by the magic word devotion.” —Alphonse de Lamartine, History of the Girondists (1847)
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