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Definition of Reverential
1. Adjective. Feeling or manifesting veneration.
Similar to: Reverent
Derivative terms: Respectfulness, Reverence, Reverence
Definition of Reverential
1. a. Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe.
Definition of Reverential
1. Adjective. In a reverent manner, honoring, respectful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reverential
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverential
Literary usage of Reverential
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"WATSON reverential AWE INSPIRED BY WASHINGTON IRKSOME TO HIM—INSTANCES OF HIS
FESTIVE GAYETY OF HIS LAUGHING PASSION FOR ..."
2. The Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1909)
"She never forgot that "Madam"—grave, solemn, almost reverential. As for the great
practical work of her life, the amelioration of the condition of the Wind, ..."
3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"... is a Presbyterian, with a more than reverential love for the stalwart theology
of his sturdy ancestors, the Scotch Covenanters. ..."
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