reverently

How To Use reverently In A Sentence

• Wearing simple habits of black tunics, hooded scapulars, and long-sleeved cuculas or robes, the monks walk reverently through a glass-lined hallway - called a slype - that connects the monastery and the church, then bow before the altar, and take their places in high-backed choir stalls where they pray, sing, chant, and recite the liturgy. Sunday Reading
• Meanwhile, railing judgments, though spoken with truth, against dignities, as being uttered irreverently, are of the nature of "blasphemies" (Greek, 1Co 4: 4, 5). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
• The Wanderers of other sects hereupon reverently saluted the Lord from afar, and went off on their way.
• The old didapper," began Bildad, somewhat irreverently, "infested this here house about twenty year. Heart of the West [Annotated]
• Our prayer is that this will bring back many ofthe clergy and lay faithful who have gravitated to schismatic groups in reaction to serious abuses committed bysome priests who have irreverently celebrated the new Mass in English since the Vatican II. Archive 2007-08-01
• These broken instruments of fertility were afterwards reverently wrapt up and buried in the earth or in subterranean chambers sacred to Cybele, where, like the offering of blood, they may have been deemed instrumental in recalling Attis to life and hastening the general resurrection of nature, which was then bursting into leaf and blossom in the vernal sunshine. Chapter 34. The Myth and Ritual of Attis
• After a hectic day of bickering and money-making, the gang reverently enters an elaborate boardroom where Trump presides.
• She stood up and returned the picks to their sack; then carefully - almost reverently - replaced the koto on the shelf.
• Let us now very reverently examine ourselves as we partake of the bread and wine.
• He speaks reverently about his fans and their dedication to his music, and he's a genuine crowd-pleaser when it comes to playing the songs they want to hear.