as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them
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Recent Examples of revere
Purpose centers around the influential and revered Jasper family, who were forces in the Civil Rights movement with deep ties to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
My dad revered Mary of Egypt, who was also known as the Harlot of the Desert, and was largely forgotten in the West.
—Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Metaxas says the debate over Bonhoeffer’s legacy is not really about a clash between the left and right, but a reflection of how so many different people revere the pastor.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
My dad revered Mary of Egypt, who was also known as the Harlot of the Desert, and was largely forgotten in the West.
—Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Metaxas says the debate over Bonhoeffer’s legacy is not really about a clash between the left and right, but a reflection of how so many different people revere the pastor.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revere
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The next day, Good Friday, people attended solemn local liturgies to venerate — or at some events, carry their own — crosses.—
Allyson Vergara,
Oc Register,
20 Apr. 2025
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The hall was built by the Crusaders in the 12th century, though pilgrims have venerated the site as early as the 4th century.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Greeks, Jews, Romans — rich and poor — all worshipped together in homes and built close relationships with one another.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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His father worshipped guitarists from the Delta and even wanted to name his son after the Mississippian Albert King but was outvoted by his wife, who named him after Beethoven.—
Tim Greiving,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Feb. 2025
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Saint Heron remains dedicated to empowering future art practitioners by reverencing the spiritual act of creating and spotlighting artists’ unwavering devotion to the intergenerational language of expression.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
16 June 2023
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“Revere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revere. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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