reverence

See also révérence

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Noun

reverence (countable and uncountable; plural reverences)

1. Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
2. An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
3. The state of being revered.
4. A form of address for some members of the clergy.

   Your reverence

Derived terms

• reverent a
• revere v
• reverently adv

Translations

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context

• Irish: urramacht (ga) f, urraim (ga) f

• Russian: почитание (ru) (počitanije) n, благоговение (ru) (blagogovenije) n

An act of showing respect, such as a bow

The state of being revered

• Irish: urramacht (ga) f, urraim (ga) f

A form of address for some members of the clergy

• Russian: преподобие (ru) (prepodobije) n

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• French: révérence (fr)
• Malayalam: ആരാധന (ml)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: страхопоштовање (sh) n

  Roman: strahopoštovanje (sh) n

• Telugu: ఆరాధన (te) (aaraadhana)

Verb

reverence (third-person singular simple present reverences, present participle reverencing, simple past and past participle reverenced)

1. To show reverence.

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Noun

reverence f (usually uncountable, plural reverences)

1. respect