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English noun: veneration | |||
| 1. | veneration (feeling) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | awe, fear, reverence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emotion | ||
| 2. | veneration (act) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | ||
| Synonyms | cultism, devotion, idolatry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | worship | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anthropolatry, Bible-worship, bibliolatry, grammatolatry, gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, lordolatry, miracle-worship, place-worship, symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry, thaumatolatry, topolatry, verbolatry, woman-worship, word-worship, worship of man | ||
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