veneration

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

Noun

a feeling of awe or great respect: George Gershwin is worthy of the veneration accorded his classical counterparts

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