fervor

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FERV'OR, noun [Latin fervor ] 1. Heat or warmth; as the fervor of a summer's day. 2. Heat of mind; ardor; warm or animated zeal and earnestness in the duties of religion, particularly in prayer.
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