a person respected for piety, and presumed to enjoy God's special favour; also ironic.

transferred. A servant (of God, of Satan). Obsolete.

In religious contexts: a person who serves or is devoted to God (or any supernatural being), the church, etc., often spec. through holding a…

A follower or adherent of the religion of Christianity. Also: a person whose qualities, actions, etc., are consistent with the moral values of…

A person zealously devoted to religion or religious observances, or to the service of a cause, person, etc.; a devotee.

A person who devotes himself, a devotee, n.

A devotee. Obsolete.

A devotee.

A votary, a devotee. (Cf. devotress, n.) Obsolete. rare.

A devotee.

A votary; a devotee.

= devoto, n. (for which it may be a misprint).

figurative. (With direct allusion to sense A. 1) Of persons.

One who formally professes or practises devotion.

A person characterized by religious devotion; = devotee, n. 2.

spec. One zealously devoted to religion, or to some form of worship or religious observance; one characterized by religious devotion, esp. of an…

one given to (religious) devotion, a devotee.

= devotionary, n.

A member of a guild of devotion; a devotionary.

A pious humbug.