veneration
noun/ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.
1
The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
2
Profound reverence, respect or awe.
- 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.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Chiswick Mall”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 2:
3
Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.
- Related terms
- venereal, Venus