His damnations and devotions are at times perverse, but they are always invigoratingly argued.

ECONOMIST: Literary criticism

No British government had ever permitted any ritual on its altar except the prescribed devotions of the Church of England.

WSJ: Thomas Fleming: An English Thanksgiving, 1942

Even so, Iran claimed last week that some of its pilgrims in Saudi Arabia had been harassed at their devotions, and called on the Saudi authorities to do something about it.

ECONOMIST: Iran and Saudi Arabia

Miss Bailey herself was not excused from devotions.

ECONOMIST: Barbara Vernon Bailey