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
His endgame is about ever more control, veneration, and vengeance.
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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
But in Kyiv, my Ukrainian aunt Vita immediately thought of Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian President has long made the veneration of World War II the central tenet of Russia’s national idea.
—Sasha Vasilyuk, Time, 8 May 2025
To the modern secular mind, the veneration of relics suggests a fetishistic obsession with death.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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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
But in Kyiv, my Ukrainian aunt Vita immediately thought of Vladimir Putin.
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The Russian President has long made the veneration of World War II the central tenet of Russia’s national idea.
—Sasha Vasilyuk, Time, 8 May 2025
To the modern secular mind, the veneration of relics suggests a fetishistic obsession with death.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veneration
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Designed with a reverence for 1920s-era architect Addison Mizner and completed in 2009, the property blends classic glamour with every modern indulgence.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 June 2025
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Each participant spoke with reverence for the work of their peers, passionately dissecting its nuances not for the sake of criticism, but for the purpose of helping their fellow creative see their vision through.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
Noun
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After the mass, there will be food and performances from local choirs, and an outdoor eucharistic adoration.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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This should be the subject of discussions in America’s classrooms, book clubs, houses of worship, legislative chambers, service clubs, podcasts, and social media feeds in 2026.—
Hans Zeiger,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Summerfest, incidentally, has had a worship pop through-line this year.—
jsonline.com,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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