Sentence examples for private devotion from inspiring English sources
White also authored Tudor Books of Private Devotion, English Devotional Literature, 1600 1640, Victorian Prose, The Metaphysical Poets (1935), Social Criticism in Popular Religious Literature of the Sixteenth Century, and numerous articles.
A private devotion of some kind.
They are made to serve private devotion and a personal confession of faith.
His private devotion is to swifts, those high-screeching insectivores that stop flying only to breed and fly again.
In Muriel Barbery's novel "The Elegance of the Hedgehog," a dumpy concierge nurtures a private devotion to Tolstoy.
At the same time, illuminated books of private devotion and both religious and secular illustrated texts became increasingly popular.
The Shepherd of Hermas was listed as a book for private devotions.
The ecumenical movement in the 20th century initiated reforms in liturgical worship and in private devotions within Christianity.
Certain great landmark rivers, the scene of both civic cults and private devotions, are believed to have general therapeutic and apotropaic powers.
A domestic chapel intended for private devotions may be attached to a house, college, or other building or institution and is sometimes called an oratory.
On the eastern side stands the Masjed-e Shaykh Luṭf Allāh ("Sheikh Loṭfollāh Mosque"), the mosque used by ʿAbbās for his private devotions.
