veneration

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Profound reverence, respect or awe.

   In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.

2. 2
   noun

   religious zeal

3. 3
   noun

   a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

4. 4
   noun

   The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.

5. 5
   noun

   Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Etymology

From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.