"veneration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-veneration.ogg [US] Forms: venerations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|vénération}} Middle French vénération, {{der|en|fro|veneracion}} Old French veneracion, {{der|en|la|veneratio}} Latin veneratio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)
  1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of venerating): veneració [feminine] (Catalan), uctívání [neuter] (Czech), kunnioittaminen (Finnish), kunnioitus (Finnish), veneración [feminine] (Galician), თაყვანისცემა (taq̇vaniscema) (Georgian), პატივისცემა (ṗaṭiviscema) (Georgian), მოწიწება (moc̣ic̣eba) (Georgian), მოკრძალება (moḳrʒaleba) (Georgian), cultus [masculine] (Latin), venerare [feminine] (Romanian), почита́ние (počitánije) [neuter] (Russian), vörda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-veneration-en-noun-DmLoHp8r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 18 3 Disambiguation of 'the act of venerating': 92 8 0
  2. Profound reverence, respect or awe. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (profound reverence): úcta [feminine] (Czech), ærufrykt (Faroese), kunnioitus (Finnish), veneración (Galician), urraim [feminine] (Irish), ómós [masculine] (Irish), cultus [masculine] (Latin), venerație [feminine] (Romanian), hürmet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-veneration-en-noun-en:reverence Disambiguation of 'profound reverence': 5 87 8
  3. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (religious zeal, idolatry or devotion): palvonta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-veneration-en-noun-37m7yUUu Disambiguation of 'religious zeal, idolatry or devotion': 1 4 95

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