as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
devotees coming to reverence their god
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as in deference
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Recent Examples of reverence
Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
This reverence for the desert giant contributed to Herbert Hoover’s decision to secure 66,000 acres of saguaro habitat through the establishment of Saguaro National Monument in 1933.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 July 2025
Emily Brooks, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025
Saint Heron remains dedicated to empowering future art practitioners by reverencing the spiritual act of creating and spotlighting artists’ unwavering devotion to the intergenerational language of expression.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 16 June 2023
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Verb
For decades, comics were cheaply made and quickly produced, and anyone who spoke about them with any sort of reverence would have been considered a lunatic.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
This reverence for the desert giant contributed to Herbert Hoover’s decision to secure 66,000 acres of saguaro habitat through the establishment of Saguaro National Monument in 1933.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 July 2025
Noun
But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025
Saint Heron remains dedicated to empowering future art practitioners by reverencing the spiritual act of creating and spotlighting artists’ unwavering devotion to the intergenerational language of expression.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverence
Verb
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The church has received visitors and pilgrims for decades who venerate the saint's faith.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Fans drive what art gets created, what products get made, who gets canceled, and who gets venerated.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
Noun
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My testimony noted that while legislators will no longer be able to pass ambiguous laws with the expectation that agencies’ interpretations will get deference, Congress will not necessarily have to write statutory language that is detailed and prescriptive.—
Susan E. Dudley,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Trump’s own messaging around Gaza — that there is a genuine humanitarian crisis on the ground but that Israel deserves deference to operate — is reflective of the differing views among his own supporters.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Garner provides programs in life skills, anger management, job training, religious study, and worship, creating new habits, culinary arts, embracing fatherhood, farming and gardening, manufacturing, and community college courses.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2025
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The event gave kids of all ages and all faiths a space to worship, fellowship and have fun.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As religions developed and faiths were defined in Biblical texts and commentaries, teachings began to distinguish between veneration and idolatry.—
Judy Knotts,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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For liberals, veneration of expertise became a shibboleth.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Her final novel, The Blue Flower, about a romance in the early life of Novalis, was so revered by American critics that that National Book Critics Circle changed their rules for eligibility to include books published in the US.—
Jane Ciabattari
August 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Former managers Dale Sveum and Rick Renteria weren’t blamed for all the losing in the rebuild years from 2012-14, and Joe Maddon was widely revered after making the NL Championship Series in his first year and ending the World Series title drought in his second.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The siblings' love and adoration of their dad is plain to see, as is the positive impact the Ring doorbell had on them.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Each has done so to growing public interest and all that comes with it: adoration, criticism and faces on Panini stickers.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Majors' painfully awkward gym rat goes down a spectacularly bad path of protein shakes, steroids, rage issues, misplaced idolatry and macho posedowns in an effort to craft the perfect physique.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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Treating it as such is an insidious form of idolatry.—
Walt Shelton,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Reverence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverence. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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