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veneration

[ven-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌvɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Ms. Gage, who teaches American history at Yale, presents the book as an attempt, timed for the semiquincentennial, to improve the contemporary “national historical dialogue, which tends to emphasize veneration or damnation over real understanding.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"Today we can't imagine the veneration of Hindu, Jain or Buddhist divine spirits or deities without a human form, can we? Which is what makes this transition so interesting," says Sushma Jansari, the exhibition's curator.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

You write this in your new book, Memory and Authority: “A distinctive feature of American constitutional culture is its quasi-religious veneration of its framers and founders.”

From Slate • May 8, 2024

One odd thing about this is his evangelical supporters reject the veneration of relics.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2023

I felt veneration for St. John—veneration so strong that its impetus thrust me at once to the point I had so long shunned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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