as in reverence
a feeling or act of great respect, admiration, or devotion
Holy relics are often objects of veneration. They regarded the surrealist painters of the 20th century avant-garde movement with great veneration.
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Recent Examples of veneration
It’s not known when Patrick died, but the traditional date of his death is March 17, 461 CE, and the cult around him, and his eventual veneration as a saint, took off in the centuries following.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Two of his followers were the parents of Kim Il Sung, and Cheng tracks how a family’s faith and American proselytizing became the roots of Kimilsungism, the ideology elevating the rulers of North Korea to a nearly deified state of veneration.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The removal of the skull, according to study authors, signifies an act of remembrance, social memory, and ancestral veneration.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
The relationship between mother and daughter—depicted with layered acuity and fraught with shame, disgust, love, desire, betrayal, veneration, and rage—is the burning centre of the novel.
—Hazlitt, 23 Dec. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Two of his followers were the parents of Kim Il Sung, and Cheng tracks how a family’s faith and American proselytizing became the roots of Kimilsungism, the ideology elevating the rulers of North Korea to a nearly deified state of veneration.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The removal of the skull, according to study authors, signifies an act of remembrance, social memory, and ancestral veneration.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
The relationship between mother and daughter—depicted with layered acuity and fraught with shame, disgust, love, desire, betrayal, veneration, and rage—is the burning centre of the novel.
—Hazlitt, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veneration
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While many of the building’s original features—including the soaring stucco ceilings decorated with a sun motif - have been preserved, the look and feel are more 21st-century magpie than slavish historical reverence.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Rotterdam is what happens when a city in the midst of transformation adapts to change without losing any reverence for its former selves.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2026
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And this is where the Heat lose me, this adoration of a basketball player who is a very good player as opposed to a great player.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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It's called assassination by adoration.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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The search would have covered hundreds of homes, nearly 80 hotels, numerous places of worship and at least two hospitals.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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While the vandalism in Oak Park may have been sparked by mental health issues, Metro Detroit has seen multiple Jewish places of worship being vandalized.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Veneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veneration. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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