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noun
The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Profound reverence, respect or awe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: idolatry, devotion, cultism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worship
Narrower terms: bibliolatry, Bible-worship, verbolatry, grammatolatry, word-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship, anthropolatry, worship of man, gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship, lordolatry, thaumatolatry, miracle-worship, topolatry, place-worship
noun
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fear, reverence, awe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotion
History
From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
