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
The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
This isn’t just reflexive age veneration, though Demi Moore’s career-toil Globes speech showed how that phenomenon works.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
The modern picture of Baldwin is dominated by the retrospective veneration slant.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
The intergenerational perseverance and creativity centered throughout Fotos yield stronger performances; even when perusing familiar turf, the music moves in a spirit of veneration of innovators and fertile exchange of ideas among today’s luminaries.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
This isn’t just reflexive age veneration, though Demi Moore’s career-toil Globes speech showed how that phenomenon works.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
The modern picture of Baldwin is dominated by the retrospective veneration slant.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
The intergenerational perseverance and creativity centered throughout Fotos yield stronger performances; even when perusing familiar turf, the music moves in a spirit of veneration of innovators and fertile exchange of ideas among today’s luminaries.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veneration
Noun
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High Intrinsic Worth: Because production cost was high, each page carried weight and was often treated with reverence.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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At Zwirner, a dimly gallery gives these solemn figures an air of reverence, with the stitched fabric and found objects of The Last Transmission (2024) resembling an offering to someone departed.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There’s nothing basic about Denzel’s adoration for his wife, though.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Kathy Bates earns her Oscar and then some, taking Annie's terrifying adoration for James Caan's Sheldon to a disturbing, hide-your-eyes level.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The agency has been granted greater authority, with restrictions lifted on conducting arrests in sensitive locations such as schools, health-care facilities and places of worship.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Those include one from 2021 allowing people to split their single-family homes into duplexes; and another from 2024 enabling churches and other places of worship to build affordable housing on their properties.—
CALmatters,
Orange County Register,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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