reverence
noun
a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
were reverencing
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past progressiveof reverence.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He made every one stand and sit by turns, so that while one set were resting the other were reverencing the divine and angelic presences.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
