reverence

[Rev·er*ence]

Reverence is a feeling of deep respect or awe like what you have for a president, a hero, or a favorite football player.

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Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

Noun
a reverent mental attitude

Noun
a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God"

Verb
regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

n.
Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

n.
The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.

n.
That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

n.
A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father.

v. t.
To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Reverence

Rev"er*ence , n. [F. r'82v'82rence, L. reverentia. See Reverent.] 1. Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence.

Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear.

When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost.

&hand; Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted "respect" "honor", without awe or fear. 2. The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.

Make twenty reverences upon receiving . . . about twopence.

And each of them doeth all his diligence To do unto the feast reverence.

3. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

I am forced to lay my reverence by.

4. A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father. Shak. Save your reverence, Saving your reverence, an apologetical phrase for an unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman. -- Sir reverence, a contracted form of Save your reverence.

Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. "Sir reverence."

-- To do reverence, to show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence.

Now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.

Syn. -- Awe; honor; veneration; adoratuon; dread. -- Awe, Reverence, Dread, Veneration. Reverence is a strong sentiment of respect and esteem, sometimes mingled slightly with fear; as, reverence for the divine law. Awe is a mixed feeling of sublimity and dread in view of something great or terrible, sublime or sacred; as, awe at the divine presence. It does not necessarily imply love. Dread is an anxious fear in view of an impending evil; as, dread of punishment. Veneration is reverence in its strongest manifestations. It is the highest emotion we can exercise toward human beings. Exalted and noble objects produce reverence; terrific and threatening objects awaken dread; a sense of the divine presence fills us with awe; a union of wisdom and virtue in one who is advanced in years inspires us with veneration.

Reverence

Rev"er*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverenced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverencing .] To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise.

Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

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Usage Examples

A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.

The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.

Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

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Other Usage Examples

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.