reverence
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English reverence and reverencen, from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/, /ˈɹɛv.ɹəns/
reverence
- Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
- An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
- August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller
- Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.
- August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller
- The state of being revered.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC ↗:
- When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
- A form of address for some members of the clergy.
- your reverence
- That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene i]:
- Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me
That I am forced to lay my reverence by.
- German: Ehrfurcht, Bewunderung, Verehrung, Hochachtung
- Italian: riverenza
- Portuguese: deferência, reverência
- Russian: почита́ние
- Spanish: reverencia, veneración
- German: Ehrerbietung, Reverenz
- Portuguese: reverência
- Russian: реверанс
- German: Reverenz
- Russian: преподобие
reverence (reverences, present participle reverencing; simple past and past participle reverenced)
- (transitive) To show or feel reverence to.
- Synonyms: honour, venerate
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