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veneration

[ven-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

  1. the act of venerating.

  2. the state of being venerated.

  3. the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence.

    They were filled with veneration for their priests.

    Antonyms:
  4. an expression of this feeling.

    A memorial was erected in veneration of the dead of both world wars.



veneration

/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. a feeling or expression of awe or reverence

  2. the act of venerating or the state of being venerated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • venerational adjective
  • venerative adjective
  • veneratively adverb
  • venerativeness noun
  • unvenerative adjective
  • ˌԱˈپDzԲ adjective
  • ˈԱپԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of veneration1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin Աپō- (stem of Աپō ), equivalent to Ա ( us ) ( venerate ) + -ō- -ion
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Synonym Study

See respect.
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Example Sentences

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And although the streaming boom has had its drawbacks, it has also unearthed and popularized worthy cult classics, giving them a new life and the long-deserved veneration they deserve.

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The walls of these rooms accomplish a kind of muting of her aura, a place where veneration feels austere or regimented by bureaucracy.

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It was the first in a series of scary scenes for Brinkley, whose feelings for Joel vacillated between veneration, unconditional love and abject fear.

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If one believed that the star-spangled banner flapped “o’er the land of the free,” then protest during its veneration – not against it, as was deliberately misconstrued – is precisely the affordance that the ritual symbolizes.

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Much of the supply comes from Hindu temples in the south of the country where hair is shaved off in an act of veneration and faith.

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