Kīrtana, form of musical worship or group devotion practiced by the Vaiṣṇava sects (followers of the god Vishnu) of Bengal.
My suspicion is that a significant segment of the audience will be people in their 20's and 30's, a group whose morbid devotion to programs like "Freaks and Geeks" and "My So-Called Life" couldn't generate sufficient ratings to save them from cancellation.
This has never been a gospel group — only "Devotion," from 1974, came close, with one mention of the Lord and a projected stage backdrop of stained-glass windows — but the crowd rose and sat according to mood and tempo and message, as if by religious ritual.
Norquist resides in a group house and, in his devotion to the revolution, eschews such conventions as marriage and family; Kristol has a family and suburban home, and fills his staff with married men.
By the 8th century the city league (a group of cities with a common devotion to the same sanctuary) had become the normal political institution among the Aeolians, Ionians, and Dorians.
The task of keeping an eye on the new refugees has fallen to many of the 3,000 Syrian-Americans who have settled near Detroit for generations, a group known for its prosperity and devotion to higher education.
It is puzzling that PBS would accept millions of dollars for this lavish and one-sided production from a group of foundations with a singular devotion to the privatization of public services.
Pedro used to live with a group of nuns, but they didn't like his devotion to heavy metal music so they sent him away.
Here was a group of people bonded by something more powerful than friendship: devotion to a single woman.
It is a shared spirit of camaraderie, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group.
A cult is defined by these officials as a group that subtly coerces its members into an unquestioning and often fanatic devotion to a charismatic leader.
