as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
devotees coming to reverence their god
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Recent Examples of reverence
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025
Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
Gothic architecture can easily feel dark and gloomy—there’s a reason it's often associated with haunted settings in movies and television—but The Post 1898 pays reverence to the style with a heightened sense of coziness.
—Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
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Verb
But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.
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The fourth floor of the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is designed for reverence — fossils, minerals, evidence of deep time.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverence
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And, online, there has been a never-ending stream of posts venerating Kirk as a martyr who died defending white Christian values.—
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Yoji shared that venerated director Akira Kurosawa always said that the camera should never be on stage when shooting a kabuki performance, nor move around to get close to the actors.—
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When President Joe Biden was in office, the United States did not treat Maduro as a legitimate head of state entitled to diplomatic deference.—
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More recently, the overturning of Chevron deference in Loper Bright (2024) gives judges new bases to substitute their preferred interpretations for those of expert agencies acting on congressional will.—
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Families who live, work, worship and raise their children here belong here.—
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Adventurous cinephiles came to worship his enveloping dramas, and directors like Jim Jarmusch and Gus Van Sant were heavily influenced by his contemplative style and underappreciated deadpan comedic style.—
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Two of his followers were the parents of Kim Il Sung, and Cheng tracks how a family’s faith and American proselytizing became the roots of Kimilsungism, the ideology elevating the rulers of North Korea to a nearly deified state of veneration.—
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The removal of the skull, according to study authors, signifies an act of remembrance, social memory, and ancestral veneration.—
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Fortunately for music fans the world over, Barron overcame his disdain for music and rehearsing and grew to become one of the most top jazz pianists in the world — revered for both his technical prowess and ability to connect with both casual and serious jazz fans.—
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Highly revered for its outdoorsy facilities, the low-slung La Reserve Hotel and Spa Geneva occupies a sizable, green patch alongside its namesake lake.—
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In reality, Lawrence and Stone are longtime friends (and future collaborators) who haven't been shy about voicing their adoration for one another.—
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Jerry adoration of football is well documented, almost as much as his first true love — money.—
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What’s troubling is the gradual and persistent normalization of eating disorder culture, which includes the glorification of one specific body type to the exclusion and detriment of others.—
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Critics said the jeans campaign amounted to a dog whistle for eugenics and a glorification of whiteness.—
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But the Turkish big man is also representative of a more meaningful trend, which was on display again this week, even before the Nuggets visited Houston — a recent proliferation of Jokic idolatry throughout the sport.—
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In the Bible, Egypt occupies a central place, mentioned repeatedly as a land of refuge – notably for Joseph – but also as a nation of idolatry and as the cradle of slavery.—
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“Reverence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverence. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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