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Word Meanings - PRAYERFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. "The prayerful man." J. S. Blackie. -- Prayer"ful*ly, adv. -- Prayer"ful*ness, n.

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  • DEVOUT
    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.
  • DEVOUTFUL
    1. Full of devotion. 2. Sacred. To take her from austerer check of parents, To make her his by most devoutful rights. Marston.
  • DEVOUTNESS
    Quality or state of being devout.
  • PRAYERFUL
    Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. "The prayerful man." J. S. Blackie. -- Prayer"ful*ly, adv. -- Prayer"ful*ness, n.
  • DEVOUTLESS
    Destitute of devotion. -- De*vout"less*ly, adv. -- De*vout"less*ness, n.
  • RELIGIOUS
    1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids
  • RELIGIOUSLY
    In a religious manner. Drayton.
  • RELIGIOUSNESS
    The quality of being religious.
  • PIOUS
    1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts." Milton. "Pious poetry." Johnson. Where was the martial brother's pious care Pope. 2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted
  • PIOUSLY
    In a pious manner.
  • GODLY
    Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life. For godly sorrow worketh repentance. 2 Cor. vii. 10.
  • GODLYHEAD
    Goodness. Spenser.
  • DEVOUTLY
    1. In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously. Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly. Shak. 2. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly. 'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.
  • SAINTLY
    Like a saint; becoming a holy person. So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. Milton.
  • IRRELIGIOUS
    1. Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impiou. Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the impious and irreligious. South. 2. Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious
  • UNSAINTLY
    Unbecoming to a saint. Gauden.
  • IRRELIGIOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
  • COPIOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden. Syn. -- Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.
  • UNRELIGIOUS
    Irreligious. Wordsworth.
  • COPIOUSLY
    In a copious manner.
  • UNGODLY
    1. Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful. 2. Polluted by sin or wickedness. The hours of this ungodly day. Shak. -- Un*god"li*ly, adv. -- Un*god"li*ness, n.
  • IMPIOUS
    Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
  • COPIOUS
    Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson. Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. Milton. Syn. -- Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous;

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