devotions
Morning prayer rituals
Devotions are religious observances or prayers, typically performed privately or as part of a daily routine: morning devotions, She reads her devotions before breakfast.
The word usually implies a structured practice—Bible reading, meditation, or prayer—rather than spontaneous worship.
In singular form, devotion means dedicated love or loyalty: his devotion to his family.
Formal event marking occasions
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- observanceKeeping of customs
tradition · altar · offering · pilgrimage · fasting · vigil · procession · incense
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- vespersEvening devotional service
matins · compline · lauds · novena · rosary · litany · intercession · supplication
Trust without proof
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
devoutness · sanctity · purity · righteousness · humility · grace · veneration · sacredness
Intense fond attachment
- adorationProfound loving regard
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- attachmentConnection or fondness
caring · warmth · cherishing · passion · ardor · infatuation · yearning · endearment
Loyalty owed to authority
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
constancy · adherence · fealty · devotedness · loyalty · attachment · troth · single-mindedness
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
observance · tradition · altar · offering · pilgrimage · fasting · vigil · procession · incense · candles
prayer
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
vespers · matins · compline · lauds · novena · rosary · litany · intercession · supplication · adoration
faith
Trust without proof
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
godliness · devoutness · sanctity · purity · righteousness · humility · grace · veneration · sacredness · blessedness
love
Intense fond attachment
- adorationProfound loving regard
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
attachment · caring · warmth · cherishing · passion · ardor · infatuation · yearning · endearment · devotedness
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
steadfastness · constancy · adherence · fealty · devotedness · loyalty · attachment · troth · single-mindedness · duty
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
- religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school
- Latin ChurchVatican II, liberation theology, John Paul II, papal visits, catechists
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
devotionsblasphemies
Irreverent utterances against religion
sacrileges · profanities · irreverence · impieties · godlessness
devotionsdisloyalties
Acts of unfaithfulness
hatreds · betrayals · apathies · infidelities · treacheries
devotionsneglects
Fails to care for
apathies · indifferences · disregards · inattention · carelessness
- blind devotionUnwavering allegiance ignoring flaws
- personal devotionSincere individual commitment
- religious devotionSincere worship commitment
- daily devotionsScheduled spiritual exercises
- motherly devotionA mother's committed love
- daily devotionalShort spiritual reading habit