The phrase "a devout adherent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is deeply committed or loyal to a particular belief, religion, or ideology.
Example: "As a devout adherent of Buddhism, she practices meditation daily and follows the teachings of the Buddha."
Alternatives: "a devoted follower" or "a loyal supporter".
Omar maintained that he was a devout adherent of pashtunwali, a code of hospitality dear to the Pashtuns.
Alice Harlan English teacher As a keen 21st-century cook, I have been a devout adherent of the doctrines of the fresh, the local, the organic, the specialist.
Mitt Romney often keeps his activities as a devout adherent of the Mormon faith at some distance from the press, but on Sunday his campaign aides let a pool reporter attend services near his vacation home in Wolfeboro, N.H.
Then, shortly after his wife dies, Jennifer's father takes up with Deb, a health nut and devout adherent to something called the Freedom Community Church.
Whether there actually are atheists in foxholes is an open question, but whether people are atheists, unaffiliated, or devout adherents of a religious tradition, chaplains are the theologically educated professionals in the foxholes with them — on military operations, in hospital emergency rooms, in prisons, or in the midst of natural or man-made disasters.
These two ranked higher than "Romney" for the eventual Republican presidential candidate as well as "GOP," suggesting that conservatism's most devout adherents had an outsized role in Twitter's political trends.
Someone has to build a bridge between Islam and what its most devout adherents regard as the degenerate universe outside its theological boundaries.
The next day, government newspapers published photographs of him dressed in a full hijab – with chador and headscarves, as typically worn by more devout adherents to the Islamic dress code that is mandatory for women Iran.
So how come so many Conservatives now want to slam the door on their most devout adherents?
For its most devout adherents, Galotti's story conjures up the secret fear of banishment and excommunication.
Not surprisingly, I began to see similarities everywhere: from corporate ethos to all kinds of devout adherents of both organized religions and boldly unorganized anti-religion mindsets (atheist fundamentalists).
