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veneration

[ ven-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of venerating.
  2. the state of being venerated.
  3. the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence:

    They were filled with veneration for their priests.

    Antonyms:

  4. an expression of this feeling:

    A memorial was erected in veneration of the dead of both world wars.



veneration

/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. a feeling or expression of awe or reverence
  2. the act of venerating or the state of being venerated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԱˈپDzԲ, adjective
  • ˈԱپԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • e·tDz· İ·t adjective
  • İ·t·ly adverb
  • İ·t·ness noun
  • un·İ·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of veneration1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin Աپō- (stem of Աپō ), equivalent to Ա ( us ) ( venerate ) + -ō- -ion
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Synonym Study

See respect.
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If one believed that the star-spangled banner flapped “o’er the land of the free,” then protest during its veneration – not against it, as was deliberately misconstrued – is precisely the affordance that the ritual symbolizes.

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Much of the supply comes from Hindu temples in the south of the country where hair is shaved off in an act of veneration and faith.

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The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.

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Considering all that history and Wray's reputed veneration of the FBI, it was expected that he would make Trump fire him in order at least to uphold the idea of the independence of the Bureau.

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“Permanently posting the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public-school classroom—rendering them unavoidable—unconstitutionally pressures students into religious observance, veneration, and adoption of the state’s favored religious scripture,” the parents wrote in their court filing.

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