Meaning of VENERATION
| Pronunciation: | | `venu'reyshun
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- [n] religious zeal; willingness to serve God
- [n] a profound fear inspired by a deity
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| | Synonyms: | | awe, devotion, idolatry, reverence |
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| | See Also: | | anthropolatry, Bible-worship, bibliolatry, fear, fearfulness, fright, grammatolatry, gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, lordolatry, miracle-worship, place-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship, thaumatolatry, topolatry, verbolatry, woman-worship, word-worship, worship, worship of man | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ven`er*a"tion\, n. [L. veneratio: cf. F.
v['e]n['e]ration.]
The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the
highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with
awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom,
or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by
consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations.
We find a secret awe and veneration for one who moves
about us in regular and illustrious course of virtue.
--Addison.
Syn: Awe; reverence; respect. See {Reverence}.
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