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To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father than treated as his partner in the empire. Addison.

esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration. If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence. Chaucer. Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear. Coleridge. When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the r…

One who regards with reverence. "Reverencers of crowned heads." Swift.

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable. A reverend sire among them came. Milton. They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face of their children. Jer. Taylor.

Reverently. [Obs.] Foxe.

Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples. "They . . . prostrate fell before him reverent." Milton.

Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. "A reverential esteem of things sacred." South.

In a reverential manner.

In a reverent manner; in respectful regard.

One who reveres.

To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Irreverent. [Obs.] Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype.

Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.

In an irreverent manner.

A reverent respect for one's self. Tennyson.

Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Not reverend.

Irreverent. [R.] Shak.

Irreverently. [R.] B. Jonson.