reverence
noun
a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
have reverenced
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present perfectof reverence.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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You never can know how truly I have loved you; how I have reverenced your noble nature.
From Run to Earth A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
You have danced in the scalp-dance, and have reverenced the customs of the Sioux.
From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
The Mohammedans do not seem to have reverenced the Allium tribe.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor
Her kinsfolk may have reverenced her sanctity, but it is doubtful if they unqualifiedly appreciated her presence.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
Theology itself I reverence and always have reverenced.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Henry Cabot Lodge
