venerate
verb (used with object)
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
venerator
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a word derived from
venerate.
Example Sentences
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Moreover, wherever this king was, he always showed himself a venerator and most devout adorer of the Holy Cross and of other symbols and holy things of the Christian religion.
From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
"Art thou not ashamed, my son, to have brought such a charge against the venerator of the Saints, one of the few in whom faith yet lives?"
From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
They are divided by a desire to laugh and an immense pity for the venerator.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
As a venerator of freedom and of liberty he regarded the Bible as the greatest text-book of freedom.
From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers) Mitchell
