as in reverence
a feeling or act of great respect, admiration, or devotion
Holy relics are often objects of veneration. They regarded the surrealist painters of the 20th century avant-garde movement with great veneration.
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Recent Examples of veneration
Instead, the restaurant has been forced to translate Mallmann’s veneration of fire into a more conventional appreciation of bog-standard natural gas.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025
La Santa Muerte also faces significant opposition from the Catholic Church, which condemns her veneration as heretical and morally dangerous.
—Myriam Lamrani, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
This culture of veneration coexists with a significant unfamiliarity with the document and its implications.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak is hosting veneration and mass for thousands to honor its patroness Saint Therese.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025
La Santa Muerte also faces significant opposition from the Catholic Church, which condemns her veneration as heretical and morally dangerous.
—Myriam Lamrani, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
This culture of veneration coexists with a significant unfamiliarity with the document and its implications.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak is hosting veneration and mass for thousands to honor its patroness Saint Therese.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veneration
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That reverence for education is a reason Singapore’s schools may be the best in the world, with those of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan also in the mix.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Reginald Cunningham and his photography, @KidNoble, and Gee Horton’s photorealistic drawings [have all] found a way to tell our stories, cementing moments of cultural reverence.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
11 Feb. 2026
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The retreat will include interactive talks, personal time for couples’ reflection and discussion, a continental breakfast and catered lunch, and adoration with a special blessing for the couples.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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My list is filled with personal adoration for each of these plants.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
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Sixty-five warming spaces — located at hospitals, houses of worship and schools — are active around town throughout the weekend, with warming buses also parked outside many of the hospitals and also transit hubs.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Moving the church into a dedicated worship space will free up the gym and allow local Assyrians to start turning the building into a community gathering place, said Ashur Shiba, a Morton Grove village trustee and executive director of the grassroots group Vote Assyrian.—
Marie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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