(n.) The act of venerating or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services or by hallowed associations.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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