DEVOTION Copy link • DEVOTIONAct of devoting, devotio (act of sacrificing one’s self for one’s country, etc.; also solemn form of curse, bann, etc.): dedicatio (act of consecrating. ☞ Not dicatio = [from context] “the act, dicandi se in aliam civitatem;” sacratio, late; Macrobius): sepositio (act of setting apart, late; Ulp.). State of being devoted to; devoted attachment to, studium (zeal, predilection for an object = “animi assidua et vehemens ad aliquam rem applicata magna cum voluptate occupatio, ut philosophiae,” etc., Cic., Invent., 1, 25, 36): to anything, alicujus rei; also with gerund in di; discendi, etc.: obsequium (compliance; obsequiousness to the will of any one): observantia (devotedness accompanied with esteem): voluntas: benevolentia (good will): fidus in aliquem animus (fidelity): pietas (dutiful affection): singularis in aliquem fides atque animus (devoted fidelity and attachment; Cic.): incredibilis quidam amor (to a person): omnia in aliquem summa ac singularia studia (Cic.): to prove one’s devotion to anyone, *probare alicui voluntatem suam: he assured him of his entire devotion, se proprium ejus fore confirmavit: he perceived his particular devotion to himself, egregiam in se voluntatem perspexit: the devotion of the legions, prompta studia legionum. Devoutness, attenta rerum divinarum cogitatio, contemplatio (a directing of the mind to a religious object): pietas erga Deum: sanctitas. (The words are found in this connection and order.) pietas et sanctitas: with devotion, pie (with the fear of God): without devotion, negligenter, frigide: to fill the hearers with devotion, audientium animos religione perfundere. Devotions, preces: meditationes piae: meditationes pietatis augendae or alendae causa, institutae: to disturb anyone’s devotions, pias alicujus meditationes turbare, interpellare. Vid: PRAYERS.