Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.

(uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication

(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

(countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)

Noun

(-)

Overt devotion or submissiveness to one's wife.

*{{quote-book, year=1835, author=Isaac D'Israeli, title=Curiosities of Literature citation

, passage=The uxoriousness of Charles [the First] is re-echoed by all the writers of a certain party.}}

*{{quote-news, year=1918, date=August 6, title='Keep Her Smiling' Wins At the Astor, work=The New York Times citation

, passage=There were times when it seemed that the comedy, verging though it did on the wildest farce, might include a certain reflection upon the sin of uxoriousness .}}

*{{quote-news, year=1998, date=November 22, title=An angel at my table, work=The Independent citation

, passage=He is the embodiment of uxoriousness , frequently turning the conversation back to Cath

*{{quote-news, year=2003, date=May 14, author=Janice Turner, title=Boden's way, work=The Guardian citation

, passage=Boden's uxoriousness , his belief that the mother of your children is still desirable, has defined his brand.}}

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 3, author=Jemima Lewis, title=Jemima Lewis: Why British men make good husbands, work=The Independent citation

, passage=Yet men go into matrimony as if to the gallows. Even my own husband - a model of uxoriousness , so far - turned a whiter shade of pale the night before our wedding. "I'm having a funny feeling," he confided, lying rigid on our bed like a felled tree. "I think it's called 'fight or flight'."}}