Definition of "reverence" []

• A feeling of profound awe and respect and often love; veneration. See Synonyms at honor. (noun)
• An act showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy. (noun)
• The state of being revered. (noun)
• Used as a form of address for certain members of the Christian clergy: Your Reverence. (noun)
• To consider or treat with profound awe and respect; venerate. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Then there is reverence for what is around us, —reverence for our equals, to which he attributes an immense power in the culture of man."
• "But I haste to the qualifications of this divine work, — fervency, reverence, and confidence; _fervency_ in crying, _reverence and confidence_ in crying, “Abba, Father;” for these two suit well toward our"
• "They are not reverent any more than Roman Catholics are reverent, for reverence in the sad and delicate meaning of the term reverence is a thing only possible to infidels."