veneration

/ˌvɛnəˈreɪʃən/

Other forms: venerations

Veneration is similar to worship or respect: we feel veneration for things and people we adore and are devoted to completely.

This is a strong word. The main meaning is for a type of religious zeal: if you unquestionably believe in your religion, then you feel and show veneration for your god and beliefs. Also, veneration can apply outside religion when you have enormous respect for something or someone. Great people like Martin Luther King or Mother Theresa inspire veneration. If you feel a combination of awe and love for someone, you are full of veneration.

Definitions of veneration

1. noun

   a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
   “his respect for the law bordered on veneration”

   synonyms: awe, fear, reverence

   type of:

   emotion

   any strong feeling
2. noun

   religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
   synonyms: cultism, devotion, idolatry

   types:

   Bible-worship, bibliolatry

   the worship of the Bible

   grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship

   the worship of words

   symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry

   the worship of symbols

   anthropolatry, worship of man

   the worship of human beings

   gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship

   the worship of women

   lordolatry

   the worship of a lord because of his rank or title

   miracle-worship, thaumatolatry

   the worship of miracles

   place-worship, topolatry

   the worship of places

   type of:

   worship

   the activity of worshipping