devoutness

/di-ˈvau̇t/

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin devotus, from Latin, past participle of devovēre seedevote

adjective

  1. committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises

  2. expressing piety or religious fervor : expressing, devotion

  3. devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior : serious, earnest

a devout Catholic