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
Eventually, the viewer learns that Cross has a personal connection to the position; his father-in-law once held it, and his tenure is still revered by both his family and his community.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Ethiopia’s lions are rather revered in Ethiopia, and are the country’s national symbol, adorning statues and the local currency.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 18 July 2025
The procession was led by a man carrying a cross on a tall pole, followed by a couple of Catholics holding a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a popular image of the mother of Christ whom many Mexican Catholics revere.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
But, of course, the breakthrough that opened so many doors was his 2002 screenwriting Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, a script so revered for its elegant portrayal of schizophrenia that its plot twist centered an episode of Seth Rogen’s The Studio.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Ethiopia’s lions are rather revered in Ethiopia, and are the country’s national symbol, adorning statues and the local currency.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 18 July 2025
The procession was led by a man carrying a cross on a tall pole, followed by a couple of Catholics holding a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a popular image of the mother of Christ whom many Mexican Catholics revere.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
But, of course, the breakthrough that opened so many doors was his 2002 screenwriting Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, a script so revered for its elegant portrayal of schizophrenia that its plot twist centered an episode of Seth Rogen’s The Studio.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revere
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The church has received visitors and pilgrims for decades who venerate the saint's faith.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Fans drive what art gets created, what products get made, who gets canceled, and who gets venerated.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
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Built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, who was dedicated to worshipping the sun's disk, the ancient city was discovered in 2020 near Luxor by Zahi Hawass, one of the world's most famous archaeologists and former minister of tourism and antiquities in Egypt.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 July 2025
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Which only, in the end, feels like more reason to worship the majesty of nature.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
17 July 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 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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“Revere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revere. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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