Even people who don't believe in the Catholic church venerate the Pope as a symbolic leader.
Source: tatoeba (1940)
Venerate
//ˈvɛnəɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "venerate" (77 found)
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Related words (38)
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52 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَجَّلَ verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Bulgarian
4 entries- благоговея verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- почитам verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- прекланям се verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- уважавам verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Catalan
1 entries- venerar verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Dutch
2 entries- eerbiedigen verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- vereren verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Finnish
4 entries- arvostaa verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- arvostaa verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- kunnioittaa verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- kunnioittaa verb (To revere or hold in awe)
French
1 entries- vénérer verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Georgian
4 entries- ეთაყვანება verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- თაყვანისცემა verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- თაყვანისცემა verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- თაყვანისცემს verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
German
2 entries- anbeten verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- anhimmeln verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Italian
4 entries- adorare verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- colere verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- riverire verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- venerare verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Latin
2 entries- veneror verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- veneror verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആദരിക്കുക verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- ആരാധിക്കുക verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Māori
4 entries- kauanuanu verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- whakahōnore verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- whakakorōria verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- whakamiha verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- طاپمق verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- طاپمق verb (To revere or hold in awe)
- عبادت ایتمك verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- عبادت ایتمك verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Portuguese
2 entries- venerar verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- venerar verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Quechua
1 entries- apuchay verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Russian
2 entries- почита́ть verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- преклоня́ться verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Sanskrit
2 entries- पूजयति verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- पूजयति verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Spanish
1 entries- venerar verb (To revere or hold in awe)
Swedish
2 entries- helga verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
- vörda verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Tamil
1 entries- போற்றுதல் verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tôn kính verb (To treat with great respect and deference)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
We dishonor the living and venerate the dead.
Source: tatoeba (3168546)
Protestants don't venerate saints.
Source: tatoeba (3320240)
[…] we cannot but venerate in Johnson one of the most exercised minds that our holy religion hath ever formed.
Source: wiktionary
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