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US
/ˌvɛnɝˈeɪʃən/
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[ UK /vˌɛnəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /vˌɛnəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
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 - religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
How To Use veneration In A Sentence
- They were not objects of respect and veneration; they became objects of mockery.
- IVC seals depict animals, perhaps as the object of veneration, comparable to the zoomorphic aspects of some Hindu gods.
- I shall probably never see thee more; but in quitting thy white-cliffed shores, I quit not my ardent attachment and veneration for thee; -- and now for _thy_ eldest daughter beyond the ocean! Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2)
- With what astonishment and veneration may we look into our own soul, where there are such hidden stores of virtue and knowledge, such inexhausted sources of perfection! The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant
- Indeed it is urged, that it is suitable to the goodness of God, to imprint upon the minds of men characters and notions of himself, and not to leave them in the dark and doubt in so grand a concernment; and also, by that means, to secure to himself the homage and veneration due from so intelligent a creature as man; and therefore he has done it. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Later, elaborate designs were carved on precious wood, ivory and metals, including silver and brass, and inlaid with gold and silver wire, and they became votive objects of veneration for devotees.
- THERE is in the Church an abundance and a rich variety of what we call devotions -- practices that express our respect, affection and veneration for the chosen friends of God. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
- The reliquary will remain in Church Street until 7.30 pm tomorrow when it will be moved across the Liffey to Merchants Quay church where there will be short period for veneration.
- Wood was often, if not exclusively, used for the earliest Greek temple-images, those rude xoana, of which many survived into the historical period, to be regarded with peculiar veneration. A History of Greek Art
- + "A dyaloge of Syr Thomas More Knyght ... of divers maters, as of the veneration and worshyp of ymages and relyques, praying to sayntys and goyng on pylgrymage ... The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
