venerate
verb (used with object)
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
had been venerating
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past perfect progressiveof venerate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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People who had been venerating the bloodstained cloth turned with angry shouts.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
