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Synonyms for veneration

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ven-uh-rey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɛn əˈreɪ ʃən

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Définition of veneration

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French veneration, from Latin venerationem (nominative veneratio) "reverence," from past participle stem of venerari "to worship, revere," from venus (genitive veneris) "beauty, love, desire" (see Venus).
  • noun reverence
  • noun honoring
Example sentences :
  • The worship of this new religion is the commemoration and veneration of the dead.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • No lover of mountains has approached Ruskin 14 in intensity of veneration.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • Then Iona,—'the sacred place which as long as I can remember, I had thought on with veneration.'
  • Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
  • The love, the gratitude, and the veneration of a nation could not save him.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • How could Beecher have felt any other than veneration for one so gifted?
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • I really believe they have no veneration for old institutions in England.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • No one near by had a claim on his veneration or his obedience.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • He regarded her with awe and veneration, and murmured that she was a lily of goodness.
  • Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards
  • The origin of the veneration of the cat was, it is said, her mice-destroying power.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various
  • There used to be thousands who recognized it with veneration and affection.
  • Extract from : « The Making Of A Novelist » by David Christie Murray

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