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veneration
[ven-uh-rey-shuhn]
noun
the act of venerating.
the state of being venerated.
the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence.
They were filled with veneration for their priests.
Antonyms:an expression of this feeling.
A memorial was erected in veneration of the dead of both world wars.
veneration
/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
noun
a feeling or expression of awe or reverence
the act of venerating or the state of being venerated
Other 51Թ Forms
- venerational adjective
- venerative adjective
- veneratively adverb
- venerativeness noun
- unvenerative adjective
- ˌԱˈپDzԲ adjective
- ˈԱپԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of veneration1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
The walls of these rooms accomplish a kind of muting of her aura, a place where veneration feels austere or regimented by bureaucracy.
It was the first in a series of scary scenes for Brinkley, whose feelings for Joel vacillated between veneration, unconditional love and abject fear.
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.
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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