Word: devout
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Japanese approved, last week, certain pious rites ordered and paid for at Kyoto by one Yozo Fuyubayashi, a rich seller of flypaper, a gentleman, and a devout believer in metempsychosis or transmigration of souls...
...believe that a program of worship has ever been devised which can turn a nervous, tired and irritable person into a devout worshipper without any effort on the part of the individual...
...Devout, Bible-reader President Coolidge typed out on little slips: "I do not choose. . . ." Said the New York Times: "The editorials of leading newspapers which have given him loyal support and lately have been not so friendly . . . were a factor. . . . Copies of the Springfield Republican came here last week. . . ." Said the Boston Herald: "The Springfield Republican which has been the President's Bible, came here last week with an editorial entitled, 'A Sullenly Accepted Administration,' pointing out how President Coolidge would be received if ... reelected. This . . . had some influence on the President...
...apology for publishing (with many another periodical) announcement that Mrs. Smith (the whilom Katharine Kalbig) is a Roman Catholic (TIME, May 16). Mrs. Smith's latest statement: "I am not a Catholic but on the contrary have been baptized in the Baptist Church, of which I am a devout believer and an active member and attendant...
...Puig Casauranc pronounced a brief, non-religious address, alluding matter-of-factly to the future life. This was deemed fitting because of the anti-religious views and policy of Señor Calles and his Cabinet (TIME, Feb. 22, 1926, et seq.). Because Señora Calles was a devout Roman Catholic, persons of that faith rejoiced to hear that a priest had performed appropriate last rites before the body left Los Angeles...