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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reverence.

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Examples

  • "Who among your reverences is the Brother Dámaso?" demanded His

    An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Jos�� Rizal 1878

  • We never can get over that idea of being slightly sacrificed, and it lasts us the whole way to Padua; and when the Veneto gets down at his farm-gate, he first "reverences" us, and then says, "I am very sorry for you others who must be still more slightly sacrificed."

    Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

  • The girl was to execute a new step on the tight-rope, and when she appeared, led forward by Fanfar, and made the three deep "reverences," there was a hum of admiration.

    The Son of Monte-Cristo Jules Lermina 1877

  • But Judaism has a legal code called halacha, and Christianity reverences both the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount as principles greater than any law.

    Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: An Open Letter To Herman Cain Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2011

  • But Judaism has a legal code called halacha, and Christianity reverences both the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount as principles greater than any law.

    Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: An Open Letter To Herman Cain Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2011

  • The openness has always been a kind of survival strategy too: for all its fierceness – and after she recorded her debut album, Horses, in 1975 and found herself on the path to being a rock star, defiance – her career has been one of reverences, of chasing and collecting icons and relics and friends from whom she could learn the things she needed to proceed.

    The Saturday interview: Patti Smith 2011

  • But Judaism has a legal code called halacha, and Christianity reverences both the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount as principles greater than any law.

    Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: An Open Letter To Herman Cain Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2011

  • But Judaism has a legal code called halacha, and Christianity reverences both the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount as principles greater than any law.

    Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: An Open Letter To Herman Cain Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2011

  • “Perhaps we should return home soon,” I suggested when we made our reverences to each other.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • “Perhaps we should return home soon,” I suggested when we made our reverences to each other.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

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