reverence English

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What does reverence mean?

Definitions in simple English

reverence Noun

— Reverence is the deep respect for someone or something.

— Reverence is an act of showing respect, such as a bow.

reverence Verb

— If something is reverenced, it is treated with deep respect.

reverence

— verb (= fear, venerate) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of Fear God as your father We venerate genius

— noun a reverent mental attitude

— noun an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)

— noun (= fear, veneration) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something the fear of God the Chinese reverence for the dead the French treat food with gentle reverence his respect for the law bordered on veneration

Synonyms reverence synonyms

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reverence English » English

respect

worship

veneration

honour

awe

esteem

adoration

revere

fear

venerate

piety

honor

homage

regard

obeisance

devotion

deference

admiration

look up to

adore

worshipfulness

salutation

religiousness

look to

honouring

glory

dread

devoutness

wariness

submission

soothe

sanctimony

saintliness

righteousness

reverential fear

respecting

respectful salutation

respect with fear

religiosity

regardfulness

regard with reverence

prostrate

props

prayerfulness

praise

pay deference to

ore

observe the sanctity of

observe

meekness

Topics reverence topics

What do people use reverence to talk about?

Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Worship

• What words refer to acts of worship toward God?
  worship adore revere reverence lift up your heart pay homage
• What words refer to the act of worship?
  worship adoration devotion homage service reverence veneration deification idolization

Physical actions Posture

Bow

• What words indicate the significance of the bow?
  obeisance worship bow in submission/reverence/greeting

Examples reverence examples

How do I use reverence in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I felt profound reverence for the courageous mother.

Her behavior is worthy of reverence.

Movie subtitles

The reverence for riches.

Good day, your Reverence!

The great rulers of the East have treated it with a reverence accorded no other stone.

A fella was telling me the he heard tell that His Reverence the Pope is rich.

I attempt to instill a bunch of bobbysoxers. and drugstore Romeos with a reverence for Hawthorne. and Whitman and Poe.

With hasty reverence.

I'm going to ask you, in reverence to the memory of Luz Benedict.

You're confusing journalism with loyalty. and you're giving this paper. a sentimental reverence it doesn't deserve.

Can't think what's come over the heathen creature, Your Reverence.

Excuse me, your reverence, I have to go.

I have not as yet referred to His Reverence who forced his way into the situation insulted my intelligence by mouthing 300 platitudes and ended it by coming to my room and challenging me to a wrestling match.

Bengalis have a particular reverence for Kali, wife of Shiva, and destruction.

Ain't you got no reverence for anything?

I know I shouldn't have done it, but Your Reverence, her cow's one of God's creatures too.

Have you no reverence for my beauty sleep?!

In deep reverence we are today celebrating the birthday of Her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, the ruler of Great Britain on this side and beyond of the seas.

Bring the body in. Let us pay it the last moment of reverence.

With reverence and amazement, the pilgrims look at and bow to the monumental walls the Potala that was erected by the Dalai Lamas to honor the Gods and as a visible sign of spiritual and all conquering power.

My reverence to adders and snakes, who managed to make a king be unfaithful to himself.

I'm going to ask you, in reverence to the memory of Luz Benedict. I'm going to ask you to give one Jett Rink. a check for twice the value of that land.

It appears he pays reverence to no one But his invisible Hebrew god.

Electric lights disturb our spirit of reverence.

So, with all due reverence, Lord, we pass on to you this corncracker's body and soul to take him and to keep him.

Ain't you got any reverence for anything?

Your belated reverence is very touching.

Creative artists have a respect for cadavers. We treat them with reverence.

It's war, Your Reverence.

I'm sick to death of this phoney reverence!

But no man had a greater reverence for life, a greater zest for living.

In the villages along the river Meuse, people speak with reverence. about the days when Doctor van Taeke lived there and swayed the sceptre.

Now, by yond marble heaven in the due reverence of a sacred vow, I here engage my words.

And let's have a little reverence, you bastards!

He brought me up the same way - to reverence the music and the drama and rituals of the old gods.

Reverence the sacrifice.

Your Reverence.

News and current affairs

Her Alan Greenspan-like belief in the self-correcting features of financial markets, and her reverence for the integrity of the price mechanism, do not look as well-founded today as they did in the 1980's.

Instead, his behavior is reminiscent of a feudal district official whose main priority is to ensure that his superiors are treated with due reverence.

TEL AVIV - Saturated with their often tragic history, Jews tend to pay great reverence to the past.

We learned not just thousands of facts that I have since forgotten, but an attitude of skepticism coupled with reverence for the truth.

A conservative is someone who, in the tradition of the eighteenth-century English parliamentarian Edmund Burke, believes that the established order deserves respect, even reverence.