veneration
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əˈreɪ 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.
4.
an expression of this feeling: A memorial was erected in veneration of the dead of both world wars.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling or expression of awe or reverence |
| 2. | the act of venerating or the state of being venerated |
| vener'ational | |
| —adj | |
| 'venerativeness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
veneration
early 15c., from M.Fr. veneration, from L. venerationem (nom. veneratio) "reverence," from venerari "to worship, revere," from venus (gen. veneris) "beauty, love, desire" (see Venus).
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Example sentences
But they are unanimous in their veneration of small business.
The well-secured yoke and chariot remained there as an object of veneration.
The study of science must not be reduced to the veneration of a corpus of approved knowledge.
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