devotee:
(plural: ‘devotees‘); pronunciation: the letters ‘de’ rhyme with the letters ‘de’ in “den” or “debt”, and the last letters ‘tee’ rhyme with the word “tea”)
Christian devotees at prayer
a person who admires (likes very much) someone or something;
a person who spends most of his time in praying God and visiting places of worship (temples, pilgrim centres, etc.);
a very religious person;
Muslim devotees at prayer
Kumar is a devotee of Lord Krishna and you won’t see him at the office on any auspicious day attributed to Lord Krishna; you’ll find him at a temple doing ‘poojas’ along with other devotees.
At the temple of Seven Hills in the Andhra Pradesh state of India, one can see thousands of devotees and the money and ornament collection in the collection box (hundi) reaches as high as twenty-two million Indian rupees on special festive days!
Hindu devotees fast on different days through out a year, Christian devotees fast during the forty Lent days, the period that falls anywhere between February and March and Muslim devotees fast during the month of Ramdan, the ninth month of Islamic year.
soccer (football) devotees of all nations
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