Definition of "veneration" []

• The act of venerating. (noun)
• Profound respect or reverence: "The veneration of man has been misdirected” ( Lucretia Mott). See Synonyms at honor. (noun)
• The condition or status of one who is venerated. (noun)

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• "In Italy, the word "veneration" comes from Venus, goddess of fertility, called in Italian, Venere."
• "'Ah, far more than my congratulations, my esteem, my veneration is yours, dear and generous Eugenia! true daughter of my mother! and proudest recompence of my father!'"
• "I'm not Catholic anymore, but I believe the distancing from relic veneration is unfortunate."