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reverence [ˈrɛvərəns] n 1. a feeling or attitude of profound respect, usually reserved for the sacred or divine; devoted veneration 2. an outward manifestation of this feeling, esp a bow or act of obeisance 3. the state of being revered or commanding profound respect saving your reverence Archaic a form of apology for using an obscene or taboo expression vb (tr) to revere or venerate reverencer n Reverence [ˈrɛvərəns] n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (preceded by Your or His) a title sometimes used to address or refer to a Roman Catholic priest ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
reverence noun Translations reverence [ˈrevərəns] A. N 1. (= respect) → reverencia f 2. (Rel) Your Reverence → Reverencia B. VT (frm) (= revere) → venerar reverence n → Ehrfurcht f, → Reverenz f (geh); (= veneration) → Verehrung f → (for für); to have reverence for somebody → jdn verehren; to bow in reverence → sich ehrfürchtig verneigen; to treat something with reverence → etw ehrfürchtig behandeln; to show reverence → Ehrfurcht zeigen; to show somebody reverence → jdm Ehrfurcht bezeigen your Reverence → (Euer) Hochwürden (obs, = bow) → Reverenz f vt → verehren reverence [ˈrɛv/ər/əns] 1. n → venerazione f, riverenza 2. vt → venerare reverence [ˈrɛv/ər/əns] 1. n → venerazione f, riverenza 2. vt → venerare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Blick before Your Reverence come into the parish, and been at the ringin' o' every bell, and the diggin' o' every grave, and sung i' the choir long afore Bartle Massey come from nobody knows where, wi' his counter-singin' and fine anthems, as puts everybody out but himself--one takin' it up after another like sheep a-bleatin' i' th' fold. Discussing the matter with him, a mere boy, I should be in perfect safety; for he would know nothing of the Proclamation of the Council; whereas I could not feel sure that my Sons -- so greatly did their patriotism and reverence for the Circles predominate over mere blind affection -- might not feel compelled to hand me over to the Prefect, if they found me seriously maintaining the seditious heresy of the Third Dimension. Wherefore he was held in high reverence, and when the two other gentlemen were hanged for lying the Theosophists elected him to the leadership of their Disastral Body, and after a quiet life and an honourable death by the kick of a jackass he was reincarnated as a Yellow Dog. |
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