to venerate
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈvɛnəˌreɪt/
- Formal
- After their deaths, sheikhs are venerated by the people at their mausoleums.
- venerated sacred relics
- venerated deity
- venerated traditions
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Watch on YouTubeIf you don't have role models to look up to, you won't have role models you venerate or try to emulate.
- If you don't have role models to look up to, you won't have role models you venerate or try to emulate.
- Many Tantric texts even say that for this reason, women should be venerated as goddesses in their own right.
- And the major Ramsayams, the major areas where Seth was venerated.
- Prophet Muhammad is deeply venerated in Islam, obviously, but other prophets are as well, Jesus being one of them.
- And then they kind of thanks to the Oscars and other such mechanisms, have put over onto the masses that these are great people that we should all venerate.
- But as long as we venerate yacht riding, jet owning, high flying folks like this, it sets a precedent in society that places all kinds of people at risk.
Examples
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For here, he was venerated as a demon, or perhaps a god.
Fiction book (1993) -
Despite the best efforts of the deconstructionists, young people often venerate the Constitution.
Academic text (2002) -
Send me news that I may come and... venerate him.
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Do you know these dear Chinese people venerate their dead ?
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In some places in Asia and India, they actually venerate them.
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Muslims not only tell about Jesus and Mary; they venerate them.
Academic text (2008) -
And I think that, you know, religions venerate objects.
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Prophet Muhammad is deeply venerated in Islam, obviously, but other prophets are as well, Jesus being one of them.
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Fannie is widely venerated as the oracle of Pecan Springs, Texas.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many cultures venerate their ancestors, showing respect through rituals and traditions.
Synonyms
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1.0
To admire someone for their actions or qualities
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3.4
To admire someone very much, often without thinking about their faults
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7.6
To feel deep respect and awe toward someone, often for religious reasons
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6.7
To feel deep respect and admiration for someone, often with awe
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5.8
Show deep respect to someone or something, often in public
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4.6
To have respect for someone because of what they do
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7.1
To treat someone or something with deep respect
Antonyms
How Reverent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Venerate comes from the old Latin verb venerari, which means 'to worship' or 'show deep respect' and is the same root as venerable, a word for someone worthy of respect. So, to venerate someone is to treat them with great reverence and honor.