Definitions for veneration

veneration ven·er·a·tion

Spelling: [ven-uh-rey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌvɛn əˈreɪ ʃən/

Veneration is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 583 anagrams from letters in veneration (aeeinnortv).

Definitions for veneration

noun

  1. the act of venerating.
  2. the state of being venerated.
  3. the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence:
  4. an expression of this feeling:

Origin of veneration

1400-50; late Middle English Latin venerātiōn- (stem of venerātiō), equivalent to venerāt(us) (see venerate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for veneration

The love, the gratitude, and the veneration of a nation could not save him.

In France,” he told me, “there isn't as much interest in the veneration of relics.

The worship of this new religion is the commemoration and veneration of the dead.

No one near by had a claim on his veneration or his obedience.

Instead of constantly comparing ourselves to each other, we should be able to see different body types simply with veneration.

He regarded her with awe and veneration, and murmured that she was a lily of goodness.

Then Iona,—'the sacred place which as long as I can remember, I had thought on with veneration.'

How could Beecher have felt any other than veneration for one so gifted?

No lover of mountains has approached Ruskin 14 in intensity of veneration.

I really believe they have no veneration for old institutions in England.

Word Value for veneration
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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