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
The walls of these rooms accomplish a kind of muting of her aura, a place where veneration feels austere or regimented by bureaucracy.
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Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
But Carlyle’s unrelentingly bleak vision, his insistence on hierarchy, his veneration of strongmen, don’t look so out of place in today’s reality.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 14 May 2025
His endgame is about ever more control, veneration, and vengeance.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Pictures show Catholics visibly taken aback by the display, which was part of the opening ceremony of public veneration, on Sunday.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
But Carlyle’s unrelentingly bleak vision, his insistence on hierarchy, his veneration of strongmen, don’t look so out of place in today’s reality.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 14 May 2025
His endgame is about ever more control, veneration, and vengeance.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Pictures show Catholics visibly taken aback by the display, which was part of the opening ceremony of public veneration, on Sunday.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veneration
Noun
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He’s still talked about with just about every emotion: sadness, reverence and above all else, laughter.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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In Italy, there is a reverence for taking time off.—
Thea Duncan Prando,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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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
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There are plenty of vacant houses of worship around the country, but there’s also a lot to consider before taking the leap (of faith).—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Greenwood vandalism marks the third time a Hindu place of worship has been vandalized so far in the US in 2025, according to the Coalition of Hindus of North America.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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