reverence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A feeling of deep respect or admiration for someone or something.

   The pilgrims spoke of the temple with great reverence.

2. 2
   verb

   To feel or show deep respect for someone or something.

   In that culture, people reverence their ancestors.

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”).

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