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indevotion|ɪndɪˈvəʊʃən|
[f. in-3 + devotion: cf. F. indévotion (1584, L. indēvōtio).]
Want of devotion; indevout feeling or conduct.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 139 Cese not fro prayer..by y⊇ reason of suche drynes or indeuocyon. 1614T. Adams Devils Banquet 21 The chilling and killing cold of our Indevotion. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. Ad §8. 116 The example may entice us on a little further, then the customes of the world or our own indevotions would engage us. 1756W. Dodd Fasting (ed. 2) 11 Spiritual vices, such as..indevotion and deadness in prayer. 1866Ch. Times 17 Nov. 382/4 The sloth and indevotion of the clergy. |