- a variation of fervor.
fervour
Britishnoun
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great intensity of feeling or belief; ardour; zeal
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rare intense heat
Etymology
Origin of fervour
C14: from Latin fervor heat, from fervēre to glow, boil
Example Sentences
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They look for it in an Image, or in an Opinion, or in Affection, or a natural Devotion and Fervour, and they lose the substance by thus hunting after a shadow.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
Regularity in visits to Blessed Sacrament; Fervour in Mass and in administering Holy Communion; a happy death; true and deep devotion to Mary.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
Fervour in preparation for Mass; fervour in thanksgiving after Mass; fidelity to professional duties and studies.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
I wove into my song Fervour, and joy, and mystery, and the bleak, The wan despair that words could never speak.
From A Romance of Two Worlds by Corelli, Marie
I wove into my song Fervour, and joy, and mystery, and the bleak, The wan despair that words can never speak.
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
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