"veneration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-veneration.ogg Forms: venerations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 17 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 10 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 82 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 74 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 75 16 9 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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      "word": "hürmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "religious zeal, idolatry or devotion",
      "word": "palvonta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veneration"
}

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