reverencing
Honoring with awe
Reverencing is showing deep respect or veneration.
The word appears in formal or religious contexts where someone honors a sacred object, revered figure, or tradition: The monks spent their days reverencing the relics.
It suggests active, deliberate homage rather than passive admiration.
Offering of respect
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- respectRegard with honor
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
admiration · recognition · praise · salute · bowing · kneeling · prostration · genuflection
Absence of vanity
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- lowlinessState of modest rank
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
deference · kneeling · unpretentiousness · self-abasement · contrition · penitence · supplication · surrendering
Address to deity
- altarSacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- divineOf or from gods
temple · church · mosque · synagogue · shrine · liturgy · hymn · chanting
Sincere religious devotion
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
consecration · devoutness · observance · steadfastness · earnestness · religious practice · daily devotion · prayerfulness
Amazement or curiosity
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
- sublimityExalted, awe-inspiring quality
breathtaking · majestic · grandeur · transcendent · overwhelming · awe-struck · beholding · marveling
tribute
Offering of respect
deference · admiration · recognition · praise · salute · bowing · kneeling · prostration · genuflection · obeisance
modesty
Absence of vanity
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- lowlinessState of modest rank
submissiveness · deference · kneeling · unpretentiousness · self-abasement · contrition · penitence · supplication · surrendering · yielding
prayer
Address to deity
divine · temple · church · mosque · synagogue · shrine · liturgy · hymn · chanting · incense
piety
Sincere religious devotion
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
zeal · consecration · devoutness · observance · steadfastness · earnestness · religious practice · daily devotion · prayerfulness · contemplation
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
sublimity · breathtaking · majestic · grandeur · transcendent · overwhelming · awe-struck · beholding · marveling · gasping
- ritual gesturesgenuflect, genuflection, prostration, bowing, kneeling
reverencingdespising
Feeling intense contempt for
scorning · disdaining · loathing · mocking · deriding
reverencingprofaning
Violating sacred things
desecrating · blaspheming · defiling · violating · dishonoring
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