reverence
noun
a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
reverences
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pluralof reverence.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof reverence (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
reverencenouna feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
Example Sentences
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Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum has revered its precedents as it reverences its Rembrandts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seemed to me that there pervaded on that island one of the deepest respects and reverences for the dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
“My father praised Robert without respite! So my behavior was disgracious. But such reverences, such empathies that existed between them, they are very combustible. Friendship is a calmer thing. Robert left Zedelgem in winter.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
A good Egyptian reverences three things beyond all others,—the gods, the pharaoh, and his own mother.”
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
"And may I ask," said the judge, "how much Cheong-Chau reverences the Five Sacred Books?"
From Held by Chinese Brigands by Herbert Strang
