Reverence

//ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) wordnet
  3. 3
    An act of showing respect, such as a bow. countable, uncountable

    "August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence."

  4. 4
    a reverent mental attitude wordnet
  5. 5
    The state of being revered. countable, uncountable

    "When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost."

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  1. 6
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something wordnet
  2. 7
    A form of address for some members of the clergy. countable, uncountable

    "Your Reverence"

  3. 8
    That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state. countable, uncountable

    "Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by."

Verb
  1. 1
    To show or feel reverence to. transitive

    "I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word"

  2. 2
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“I stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“I stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).

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