veneration

See also: vénération

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French vénération, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French veneracion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin veneratio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)

1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
3. Profound reverence, respect or awe.
   • 1848, w:William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Evans, page 2:

     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.

4. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Translations

the act of venerating

• Catalan: veneració f
• Finnish: kunnioittaminen (fi), kunnioitus (fi)
• Georgian: თაყვანისცემა (taq̇vaniscema), პატივისცემა (ṗaṭiviscema), მოწიწება (moc̣ic̣eba), მოკრძალება (moḳrʒaleba)
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• Latin: cultus (la) m
• Romanian: venerare (ro) f
• Russian: почита́ние (ru) n (počitánije)
• Swedish: vörda (sv)

profound reverence

• Faroese: ærufrykt
• Finnish: kunnioitus (fi)
• Irish: urraim f
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• Latin: cultus (la) m
• Romanian: venerație (ro) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: vénération (fr) f
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• Latin: veneratio f

Anagrams

• Evertonian, enervation