venerate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈvɛnəreɪt/

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Verb

Plain form venerate

Third-person singular venerates

Past tense venerated

Past participle venerated

Present participle venerating

1. (transitive) To treat with great respect and deference.

   They wanted to venerate the spirit of the great man.

2. (transitive) To revere or hold in high value, esteem, awe.

   He came to venerate the memory of the significant or holy event.

   The children were taught to venerate their parents and grandparents.

Related words

• revere
• venerable
• veneration
• venerative

Gallery

Respect memory of a person

The priests bow with respect. They venerate the coffin of the pope during his funeral

"Alexander I venerates the mortal remains of Frederick the Great in the presence of King Frederick William III and Queen Louisa" by Franz Ludwig Catel in 1805

Value memory of an event

The shrine was built to venerate the end of the First World War

Value memory of people

The altar at home was a place to venerate the ancestors

This wooden figure from Papua New Guinea is used to venerate the ancestors during tribal ceremonies