reverence
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns//
- //ˈɹɛv.ɹəns//
Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
noun
- 1
Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
Professional hunters and trackers die too, in the pursuit of dangerous animals every year. Stones and his client voice reverence for what they call “fair chase”: an ethical distinction observed in certain sporting circles in which the quarry is felt to have a sporting chance of survival.
- 2
An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.
- 3
The state of being revered.
When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
- 4
A form of address for some members of the clergy.
Your Reverence
- 5
That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by.
Etymology
From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).
verb
- 1
To show or feel reverence to.
I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word
Forms
- plural
- reverences
- past tense
- reverenced
- past participle
- reverenced
- present participle
- reverencing
- third person singular
- reverences
reverence · Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
reverend · Worthy of reverence or respect.Reverend · A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of…reverse · Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.