veneration
/ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ sustantivo C1En español: veneración
- The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
- Profound reverence, respect or awe.
- Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.
Plural venerations
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A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.
It had been handed down from father to son; for the singular clause of the only will that had been found, had caused it to be regarded as a genuine relic, preserved in the family with superstitious veneration.
One thing above all the rest heightened the respect, nay almost the veneration, of Danglars for Cavalcanti.
She took it, and looked attentively on the count; there was an expression on the face of her intrepid protector which commanded her veneration.
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