reverence

UK /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/ US /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/
noun 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

2

An act of showing respect, such as a bow.

August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.

3

The state of being revered.

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

4

A form of address for some members of the clergy.

Your Reverence

5

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

Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by.

verb

1

To show or feel reverence to.

I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word

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