venerated
Held in reverence
Venerated is the past tense of venerate, meaning to regard with deep respect or reverence.
The word carries religious or quasi-religious weight—saints are venerated, as are ancestors, traditions, and cultural institutions: a venerated leader, the venerated halls of Oxford.
Something venerated commands more than admiration; it inspires a kind of awe.
Dedicated to the divine
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- divineOf or from gods
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
consecrated · hallowed · saintly · beatified · canonized · spiritual · pious · devotional
Greatly respected, admired
- respectedHeld in high regard
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
- celebratedWidely known and praised
- laudedPublicly honored or celebrated
praised · honored · glorified · exalted · distinguished · illustrious · legendary · iconic
holy
Dedicated to the divine
sanctified · consecrated · hallowed · saintly · beatified · canonized · spiritual · pious · devotional · worshipped
esteemed
Greatly respected, admired
- respectedHeld in high regard
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
- celebratedWidely known and praised
lauded · praised · honored · glorified · exalted · distinguished · illustrious · legendary · iconic · immortalized
worshipped
Regarded with religious devotion
deified · apotheosized · adulated · elevated · glorified · exalted · cult · fandom · devotee · follower
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
heritage · tradition · filial · patriarch · matriarch · sage · wisdom · legacy · memorial · shrine
- reputationreputation, reputable, bad reputation, repute, disreputable
- reveredworshipped, adored, idolized, deified, glorified
- sacred adjectivesdivine, holy, blessed, sacred, sanctified
venerateddishonored
Brought shame upon
disgraced · shamed · degraded · humiliated · condemned
- ancestor venerationReligious devotion to lineage