as in reverence
a feeling or act of great respect, admiration, or devotion
Holy relics are often objects of veneration. They regarded the surrealist painters of the 20th century avant-garde movement with great veneration.
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Recent Examples of veneration
Putin is famously obsessed with World War II and official veneration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany is part of the ideological glue that holds together the Russian state.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The relationship between mother and daughter—depicted with layered acuity and fraught with shame, disgust, love, desire, betrayal, veneration, and rage—is the burning centre of the novel.
—Hazlitt, 23 Dec. 2025
This culture of veneration coexists with a significant unfamiliarity with the document and its implications.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak is hosting veneration and mass for thousands to honor its patroness Saint Therese.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The relationship between mother and daughter—depicted with layered acuity and fraught with shame, disgust, love, desire, betrayal, veneration, and rage—is the burning centre of the novel.
—Hazlitt, 23 Dec. 2025
This culture of veneration coexists with a significant unfamiliarity with the document and its implications.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak is hosting veneration and mass for thousands to honor its patroness Saint Therese.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veneration
Noun
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The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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And that still doesn’t feel low enough, as there’s still some reverence reserved for the team’s prior track record.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Bad Bunny’s adoration for Chile is hardly new.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2026
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And yet the 1934 World Cup in Italy was turned into a spectacle of adoration for the Fascist dictator Mussolini.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The revolutionary pharoah builds a great city and reduces spiritual chaos by focusing on a single-minded form of worship.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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No more climate-change worship.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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