as in to worship
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
a proper setting in which to venerate God
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Recent Examples of venerate
Yoji shared that venerated director Akira Kurosawa always said that the camera should never be on stage when shooting a kabuki performance, nor move around to get close to the actors.
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
This is something new in the techno-sphere that for the longest time elevated and venerated the founder/CEO as superstar.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
That venerated show would mark the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers, formerly Hart's longtime musical partner, and Oscar Hammerstein II.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
For all their differences in background, temperament, and approaches to art, Matisse and Picasso both venerated Cézanne, Delacroix, Manet, and van Gogh.
—Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
This is something new in the techno-sphere that for the longest time elevated and venerated the founder/CEO as superstar.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
That venerated show would mark the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers, formerly Hart's longtime musical partner, and Oscar Hammerstein II.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
For all their differences in background, temperament, and approaches to art, Matisse and Picasso both venerated Cézanne, Delacroix, Manet, and van Gogh.
—Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for venerate
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This is the reception rotunda for Steinway Hall, a landmarked interior, where generations of pianists came to worship their instrument, talk craft, perform, and play.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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After a childhood spent worshipping the Ramones and the Replacements, Billie Joe Armstrong co-founded Green Day with bassist Mike Dirnt in 1987.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Despite some high-profile falls into disgrace, India’s spiritual leaders are widely revered.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Turning to coaching, they were revered at the New York Skating Club at Madison Square Garden, where they were known for their strict emphasis on figures and classical skating—and Brunet became known for his habit of smoking cigarettes in succession while demonstrating maneuvers.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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“Venerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venerate. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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