veneration

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Noun

veneration

1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
2. Profound reverence, respect or awe.
   • 1848, , Vanity Fair ↗, Bradbury and Evans, page 2:

     In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.

3. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Translations

• Russian: почита́ние

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