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deˈvotionist [f. devotion + -ist.] One who formally professes or practises devotion.
a1656Bp. Hall Soliloq. 73 (T.) There are certain zealous devotionists, which abhor all set forms and fixed hours of invocation. 1676R. Dixon Two Test. To Rdr. 12 Whining Devotionists, floating in their blind and zealous Formalities. 1755T. Amory Mem. (1769) II. 193 Those doating devotionists of Christendom. |