| Veneration (n.) The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations. Thesaurus Entries admiration, adoration, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, awe, breathless adoration, churchgoing, co-worship, conformity, consideration, courtesy, cult, cultism, cultus, deference, deification, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, dulia, dutifulness, duty, esteem, estimation, exaggerated respect, faith, faithfulness, favor, great respect, hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, hyperdulia, idolatry, idolization, latria, love of God, observance, pietism, piety, piousness, prestige, prostration, regard, religion, religionism, religiousness, respect, reverence, reverential regard, theism, transcendent wonder, worship, worshipfulness, worshiping |