veneration

ven·er·a·tion

V0051800 (vĕn′ə-rā′shən)n.1. A feeling of profound respect or reverence: an object held in veneration. See Synonyms at honor.2. The act of venerating: displayed their veneration of the saint with a procession.

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ven′er·a′tion·al adj.

veneration

(ˌvɛnəˈreɪʃən) n1. a feeling or expression of awe or reverence2. the act of venerating or the state of being venerated ˌvenerˈational adj

ven•er•a•tion

(ˌvɛn əˈreɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act of venerating or the state of being venerated. 2. the feeling of a person who venerates. 3. an expression of this feeling. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	veneration - a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"reverence, awe, fearemotion - any strong feeling
	2.	veneration - religious zeal; the willingness to serve Godidolatry, cultism, devotionworship - the activity of worshippingBible-worship, bibliolatry - the worship of the Biblegrammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship - the worship of wordssymbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship - the worship of symbolsanthropolatry, worship of man - the worship of human beingsgynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship - the worship of womenlordolatry - the worship of a lord because of his rank or titlemiracle-worship, thaumatolatry - the worship of miraclesplace-worship, topolatry - the worship of places

veneration

noun respect, esteem, reverence, worship, awe, deference, adoration Churchill was held in veneration in his lifetime.

veneration

nounThe act of adoring, especially reverently:adoration, idolization, reverence, worship.

Translations

崇拜

venerate

(ˈvenəreit) verb to respect; to honour greatly. In some countries, old people are venerated more than in others. 尊敬，敬重 尊敬，崇拜 ˈvenerable adjective worthy of great respect because of age or for special goodness. a venerable old man. 值得尊敬的 值得尊敬的，可敬的 ˌveneˈration nounHis pupils regarded him with veneration. 尊敬 崇拜