Meaning

noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

noun a reverent mental attitude

noun an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)

originFrom Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).

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