reverence
noun
a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
has reverenced
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present perfectof reverence (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The only remaining name among those, whom the Church has reverenced as apostolical fathers, is the venerable Polycarp.
From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler
