as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them
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Recent Examples of revere
Onondaga Lake is revered as the place where a figure known as the Peacemaker, helped by Onondaga leader Hiawatha, brought the warring nations of Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca and Onondaga to form the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
But while our Latine culture is seen as a threat, our aesthetics are revered without due credit.
—Sofía Viera, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, Rohaut showed early signs of a refined direction, particularly in outerwear, especially the leather jackets the brand is revered for.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Mothers are simultaneously revered and ignored in many ways.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
But while our Latine culture is seen as a threat, our aesthetics are revered without due credit.
—Sofía Viera, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, Rohaut showed early signs of a refined direction, particularly in outerwear, especially the leather jackets the brand is revered for.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Mothers are simultaneously revered and ignored in many ways.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revere
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The Democrat who venerates more government but sidesteps California’s failing public schools and crushing cost of living.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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For all their differences in background, temperament, and approaches to art, Matisse and Picasso both venerated Cézanne, Delacroix, Manet, and van Gogh.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Sanskrit speakers worshipped Dyaus Pitr, or Sky Father.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Farmers exercised a right, a rare sight However, this display, engineered by farmers, suggests a departure from the control elite priests had over the right to worship and build centers for astronomical observation and ritual.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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“Revere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revere. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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