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Definition of Reverences
1. reverence [v] - See also: reverence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverences
Literary usage of Reverences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility by Thomas Robson (1830)
"The Alms-men enter the chapel, and having made joint reverences, ... The messenger,
with like reverences, places himself between the altar and the stall of ..."
2. The British Chronologist: Comprehending Every Material Occurrence (1775)
"i"ga!l below the poor knights, excepting two who went to the altar. The officers
of arms next entered, with the fame reverences, ..."
3. The British Chronologist: Comprehending Every Material Occurrence (1775)
"Garter went into the middle of the choir, where he made his reverences, and then
repaired to the place where he before had ordered the hatchments to be laid ..."
4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"I made the three reverences; one at the door, another about half way, and the
third before the presence, according to the usage established at this and all ..."
5. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"And when Eush was espied of her, he made unto her great courtesie, and with many
reverences these words he said. How a Devill named Eush came into a ..."
6. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"He was very officious with his three reverences to the King, as others do.
After sermon a brave anthem of Captain Cooke's,1 which he himself sung, ..."
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