Webster's English Dictionary

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reverence

Cross references:
  1. honor                  2. revere                
 
1. rev.er.ence \'rev-(*-)r*n(t)s, 'rev-*rn(t)s\ n 1: honor or respect felt 
   or shown : DEFERENCE; esp : profou nd adoring awed respect 2: a gesture of 
   respect (as a bow)  3: the state of being revered or honored  4: one held 
   in reverence - used as a title for a clergyman 
2. reverence vt : to regard or treat with reverence