So he feeds the birds, which is not so much a chore, Mr. Moody said, as "a devotional act."

So is the final devotional act some undertake: casting off their shoes, in a show of renunciation, to walk the last miles barefoot on the searing ground.

Some denominations may call this devotion or devotional acts; however in other denominations devotion has other meanings.

The sort of epoch in which questioning becomes almost a devotional act.

It is purely a personal promise made to fulfill or complete a journey, a devotional act, or to recite a certain number of prayers.

He later described his decision to pursue music journalism professionally as a devotional act that included a vow of poverty.

The pattern includes various devotional acts at sites associated with his life.

As though the feat of memory were itself a devotional act.

The shrine is part of a reciprocal, devotional act.

Various spiritual traditions offer a wide variety of devotional acts.