as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them
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Recent Examples of revere
She’s revered by her Indigenous community, who haven’t seen a dragon in generations.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Nightingales, or Bulbuls, are revered in Persian culture where their song represents a spiritual seeker looking for union with the divine.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Today, it is revered around the world as the document that established the principle that everyone – including the monarch – was subject to the rule of law.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
For my entire lifetime and then some, Dolly has been loved, revived, and revered.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Nightingales, or Bulbuls, are revered in Persian culture where their song represents a spiritual seeker looking for union with the divine.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Today, it is revered around the world as the document that established the principle that everyone – including the monarch – was subject to the rule of law.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
For my entire lifetime and then some, Dolly has been loved, revived, and revered.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revere
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No ancient European cathedral is complete without its holy relics, which are venerated by the faithful as sacred artifacts from various saints and the life of Jesus.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
21 May 2025
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The same gospel, venerated with incense, will now be chanted in Greek.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving-car division, for instance, founded an organization to worship artificial intelligence as a godhead.—
John Kaag,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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But beyond prosecuting the suspect in this case, there must be a concerted strategy to make sure that America remains a safe place for Jews to live and worship.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 May 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Revere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revere. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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