venerate
Example Sentences
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“She is Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he tells me, a Marian apparition venerated as a national icon in Mexico.
He has the cellphone number of the head of building maintenance—and he calls regularly for updates on fixes at the venerated cultural institution, according to people familiar with the matter.
Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.
From Science Daily
Affectionate fans venerate the dialogue’s electric crackle and the cast’s peerless comedic timing.
From Salon
The U.S.-influenced counterculture of the 1960s inverted the social order, venerating indigenous folkways and fueling aspirations for full independence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
