as in worshiping
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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worshipping
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Open Doors, which monitors Christian persecution around the world, claimed some 70 were, Monday night, killed while worshiping at a funeral service, with the rest slain in the villages of Potodu and Ntoyo in the DRC’s North Kivu region.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Our right-wing Christians are fighting to turn away the most desperate foreign refugees, all while worshiping Jesus, who was once a foreign refugee.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Revering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revering. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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