as in venerating
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
devotees coming to reverence their god
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Recent Examples of reverencing
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.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverencing
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And, online, there has been a never-ending stream of posts venerating Kirk as a martyr who died defending white Christian values.—
Ryan Broderick,
Rolling Stone,
24 Nov. 2025
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Oscar Wilde made the strongest case that worshipping beauty for its own sake can end only in death and destruction.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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Explain to the woman that not everyone in the group is comfortable displaying their religiosity in public, and some may prefer to do their worshiping privately.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Chu sits at the center of Hollywood, and grew up in Silicon Valley revering engineers.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Reverencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverencing. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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