Lisa, the more devout of the two, found her husband's vocation difficult to deal with.
It was probably a bit too clunky for this particular audience, many of whom were Rastafarians or at least the most devout of reggae aficionados.
It was widely believed by the devout of those days that unbelievers would scream for a priest when their own death-beds loomed.
Yet even the most devout of Catholics would recognize these steps as necessary but not sufficient, the spasms of an institution struggling to find its footing.
In this most devout of Iranian cities, a battle to emancipate the nation's rigidly controlled political life is being waged by a stern black-turbaned cleric with impeccable Islamic credentials.
In fact, I once joined Greg Curtis, the former editor, and Steve Harrigan, a novelist who's had a long association with the magazine, on a pilgrimage to Lockhart, which some barbecue fans visit the way the devout of another sort walk the Camino de Santiago.
As all but the most devout of Carthusian monks will by now be aware, a certain section of the internet has been up in arms lately because the forthcoming reboot of Ghostbusters, though directed by a man, stars four women who are not men.
They're the type that can't get out a complete sentence without mentioning how devout of a Christian they are, or the ones that mention that they're not from America before you've had time to finish saying hello, or the ones who giggle about how high-maintenance they're going to be before running you ragged.
The calculation made by the studios involved, Paramount and Metro Goldwyn Mayer, was that the potential audience for Ben-Hur would be located somewhere at the intersection between thrill-seeking fans of spectacle and the devout of the American Bible belt.
It is difficult to imagine even the most fervently devout of the passionate admirers of Peirce, of which there are many, saying that his account (or, more accurately, his various accounts) of the three universal categories is (or are) absolutely clear and compelling.
Rebbie, La Toya, and Michael became the most devout of the children as time progressed.
