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ven·er·a·tion  (vn-rshn)

n.

1. The act of venerating.

2. Profound respect or reverence: "The veneration of man has been misdirected" (Lucretia Mott). See Synonyms at honor.

3. The condition or status of one who is venerated.

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vener·ation·al adj.

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veneration [ˌvɛnəˈreɪʃən]

n

1. a feeling or expression of awe or reverence

2. the act of venerating or the state of being venerated

venerational  adj

venerativeness  n

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, fear emotion - any strong feeling
	2.	veneration - religious zeal; the willingness to serve God idolatry, cultism, devotion worship - the activity of worshipping Bible-worship, bibliolatry - the worship of the Bible grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship - the worship of words symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry - the worship of symbols anthropolatry, worship of man - the worship of human beings gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship - the worship of women lordolatry - the worship of a lord because of his rank or title miracle-worship, thaumatolatry - the worship of miracles place-worship, topolatry - the worship of places

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veneration

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

Translations

veneration [ˌvenəˈreɪʃən] N → veneración f
his veneration for → la veneración que sentía por ...
to hold sb in veneration → reverenciar a algn

veneration [ˌvɛnəˈreɪʃ^ən] n → vénération f
to be held in veneration → être vénéré(e)
venereal disease [vɪˌnɪəriəldɪˈziːz] n → maladie f vénérienne

veneration

n → Bewunderung f, → Verehrung f → (of für); (of idols) → Verehrung f; (of traditions) → Ehrfurcht f (→ of vor +dat); to hold somebody in veneration → jdn hoch achten or verehren

veneration [ˌvɛnəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → venerazione f