venerating
present participle ofvenerate
venerate
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈven.ər.eɪt/us/ˈven.ɚ.eɪt/tohonouror very muchrespectapersonor thing:
Robert Burns is Scotland's most veneratedpoet.
Synonyms
revereformal
worship
to admire someone or something
- admireI've always admired her for her generous spirit.
- respectI respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently.
- think highly ofEveryone thinks highly of him.
- hold someone in high esteemHer colleagues in Washington hold her in very high esteem.
- hold someone in high regardHe contributed much to the life of York, and was held in high regard there.
- look up toShe was my older sister and I looked up to her.
Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- admiringly
- approving
- approvingly
- freedom
- fulsomely
- fulsomeness
- glorify
- hallow
- homage
- payyourrespectsidiom
- putsomeoneon a pedestalidiom
- respectful
- respectfully
- retire
- retire a numberidiom
- revere
- reverence
Examplesofvenerating
venerating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Certain lineages may have been prohibited fromveneratingancestors in this sacred city or on lordly pyramids in the hinterland.
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Thus, it became a matter of ideology that to employ the 'blues' within a thoroughly different social context, byveneratingits originators thereby enabled the appropriation of their very authenticity.
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It looks like a rather absurd bit of clinging on to relics and toveneratingthem.
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That new cathedral would not have the same hallowing andveneratinginfluences as are possessed by the present structure.
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Beware of the danger ofveneratingidols!
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Many young people wear necklacesveneratingparticular martyrs, posters decorate the walls of towns and rock and music videos extol the virtues of bombers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although temples to either the civil or martial deities alone are widespread, it is comparatively rare to have templesveneratingboth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One story holds that a servant witnessed herveneratingher icons and reported her to the emperor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were indicative of great respect, and typically used whenveneratinga king.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afterveneratingthe icon in the narthex they enter the nave and make three metanias (bows at the waist) or prostrations, depending upon the day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Alongside its scholarly thought were hagiographic storiesveneratingits leadership.
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