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† devoto, n. Obs.|diːˈvəʊtəʊ|
Pl. -oes, -o's, -os; also (as in It.) -i.
[a. It. or Sp. devoto, devoted, devout:—L. dēvōtus; cogn. with OF. devot, F. dévot, and thus with devout and devote a. and n. The corresp. feminine is devota.]
A person zealously devoted to religion or religious observances, or to the service of a cause, person, etc.; a devotee.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1605) A iv, Where one professeth himself a devoto or perculiar servant to [ed. 1632, of] our Lord, whole towns sometimes..are the Devoti of our Ladie. 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. xv. (1669) 163/1 As doubtfully..as the Devil did [speak] in his Oracles to his Devoto's. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. 138 Such Devotoes to the heavenly bodies as look upon all other stars as petty deities, but the Sun as the supreme Deity. a1694J. Scott Wks. (1718) II. 375 The Devotos of all religions. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull ii. ii, Which gave rise to two great parties among the wives—the Devotoes..and the Hitts. |