HOW TO PRONOUNCE
reverence
/ˈɹɛvɚəns/
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What does reverence mean?
noun
- Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
- An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
- The state of being revered.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A form of address for some members of the clergy.
- That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
verb
- To show or feel reverence to.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛvɚəns/
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The priest shall explain the wisdom of Epiphanes to all these people, and these shall listen with reverence, upon pain of death.
A father, and a gracious aged man, Whose reverence even the head-lugg’d bear would lick, Most barbarous, most degenerate, have you madded.
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He found himself approaching, with a feeling of reverence, those majestic trees that had stood through ages of sun, wind, and snow.
So much of reverence was due the disembodied spirit, that it was not customary with us even to name the dead aloud.
“Sure, I’m just come on the part of the boys and myself to beg a bit of a favour of your reverence.”