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
Instead, the restaurant has been forced to translate Mallmann’s veneration of fire into a more conventional appreciation of bog-standard natural gas.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025
La Santa Muerte also faces significant opposition from the Catholic Church, which condemns her veneration as heretical and morally dangerous.
—Myriam Lamrani, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 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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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025
La Santa Muerte also faces significant opposition from the Catholic Church, which condemns her veneration as heretical and morally dangerous.
—Myriam Lamrani, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 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
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That reverence for education is a reason Singapore’s schools may be the best in the world, with those of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan also in the mix.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Reginald Cunningham and his photography, @KidNoble, and Gee Horton’s photorealistic drawings [have all] found a way to tell our stories, cementing moments of cultural reverence.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
11 Feb. 2026
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The retreat will include interactive talks, personal time for couples’ reflection and discussion, a continental breakfast and catered lunch, and adoration with a special blessing for the couples.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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My list is filled with personal adoration for each of these plants.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
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But with Sleep No More, premiering in Berlin’s Special Midnight section this week, the director makes a headlong plunge into horror — infusing the genre with black comedy and a pointed critique of humanity’s slavish worship of capitalism.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Gartside seemed aware of a certain potential for racial condescension in his worship of Franklin and unsure of how to resolve it, struggling to offer an explanation that satisfied him of her role in the cosmology of Cupid and Psyche 85.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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