veneration

From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Hyphenation: ven‧e‧ra‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)

1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
3. Profound reverence, respect or awe.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Chiswick Mall”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 2:

     In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.

4. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

• Evertonian, enervation