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US
/ˈɹɛvɝəns/
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[ UK /ɹˈɛvɹəns/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛvɹəns/ ]
NOUN
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a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
the French treat food with gentle reverence
the fear of God
the Chinese reverence for the dead
his respect for the law bordered on veneration - an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)
- a reverent mental attitude
VERB
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regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
We venerate genius
Fear God as your father
How To Use reverence In A Sentence
- (Bush and Dr Cheney legacy), not just lock it up in cupboards. another inspiration for my writing is this innovative musician and activist fighting racism, Islamo-phobia and injustice head on through his "Rhythm and beats". although his documentaries and DIY cook book music genre are termed irreverence bordering treason against queen and country and glorifying terrorism among the Pakistani and Muslim youth of Britain, But it is merely exposing the truth about the sentiments of equality, discrimination, integration and assimilation. Pak Tea House
- Applying the attribute of reverence to a mortal being borders on the blasphemous.
- Dawkins did not share the town's reverence for the sea, nor did he have much time for those who risked their lives upon it. THE MAIN CAGES
- But if lawyers and solicitors wish themselves to be identified as men of noble standing and exemplariness then they deserve the kind of reverence they will yield from the public should they decide to embrace Karpal Singh's call to sieve out bad hats. Malaysiakini :: News
- Not only are they pushing the boundaries of irreverence, which is hilarious, but it is grounded in this humanity, this pain, this pathos, that goes beyond what we think of as comedy. USATODAY.com News
- Hayes breathed out in reverence as he watched the day spreading across the planet.
- La jeune fille is expected to remember that she is a daughter and owes reverence to her parents. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
- The poem conveys his deep reverence for nature.
- Either reverence, or deference, may have prevented him from bringing his prayers into entire harmony with his criticisms; or it may be that a discrepance, which we should constantly diminish, is likely to remain between our feelings and our logical necessities. Essays and Reviews: The Education of the World, Bunsen's Biblical Researches, On the Study of the Evidences of Christianity; Seances Historiques de Gen��ve; On the Mosaic Cosmogony; Tendencies of Religious Thought in England, 1688-1750; On the Interpr
- I do not know whence come this respect and this reverence.