devotions

THERE is in the Church an abundance and a rich variety of what we call devotions -- practices that express our respect, affection and veneration for the chosen friends of God.

Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals

Their individual devotions were often in the vernacular, but their communal devotions embraced the Latin words that constituted the rituals of their community.

Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

Neither Jud Bates nor Nib faltered in their joint devotions from the hour of their first introduction to "th 'Parsen's daughter."

That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story 1877

The intention of public devotions is therefore entirely destroyed if they are performed in an unknown tongue.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

They are very industrious however at their Prayrs and devotions that is to say in repeating their Pater Nosters, in counting their Beads, in kissing their Crucifixes, and taking off their hair Shifts to whip and lacerate themselves every day for their Sins, to discipline themselves to greater Spirituality in the Christian Life.

John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

Nowhere in the devotions are the saints invoked; they are commemorated before God, and He is thanked for them, but there is no ora pro nobis, not even, a prayer that God will hear their intercessions for us.

The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes. Vol. I 1555-1626 1899

The temple of Venus where he does his devotions is a "church" with stained-glass windows.

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886

During the next verse my devotions were a little distracted by the gradual approach of a churchwarden for my threepenny-bit, which was hot with three verses of expectant fingering.

We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

His wont was to go straight to the principal church, and there attend a solemn mass of thanksgiving; but experience had taught him that his devotions were the very opportunity of his men's rapine: he had therefore arranged that as soon as he should have arrived in the choir of the cathedral, James should take his place, and he slip out by a side door, so as to return to the scene of action.

The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

A young man in his family is represented so holy, that the place of his devotions was a certain cure of the young virgin's fits.

Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply Charles Wentworth Upham 1838