reverencing

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In a land reverencing charismatic leadership and far-reaching intellect, he looks like a messenger boy and disparages his own brain.

From Time Magazine Archive

I, reverencing the people, did not bate My reverence of their deed and oracle, Nor vainly prate Of better and of worse Against the great conclusion of their will.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

"We won't try it to-night," said Clementina, and once more turned him from the place, reverencing the shadow he had brought with him from the spirit of his mother.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

Honor meant courage and courtesy, the reverencing of all women for the love of one.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

The cohesion of the body lies in each one's realizing his own gift, and also reverencing that of others.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles