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Definition of Reverencing
1. reverence [v] - See also: reverence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverencing
Literary usage of Reverencing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"420 reverencing thereat the warning of the Gods, Hector withdrew him back into
the throng. But forth with terrible cry Achilles sprang, ..."
2. The Present State of the Greek Church in Russia, Or, A Summary of Christian by Platon, Robert Pinkerton (1815)
"Of such as err in reverencing the pictures. But notwithstanding all that has been
said, this lawful and holy reverencing of the pictures may be turned into ..."
3. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy by William Paley (1835)
"OF reverencing THE DEITY. IN many persons, a seriousness and sense of awe overspread
the imagination, whenever the idea of the Supreme Being is presented to ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1871)
"keenly alive to all the demands and new developments of every age; and, while
reverencing the law, should be earnest guides and promoters in all that may ..."
5. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"... and that it is not for us to examine his laws ; we ought to limit ourselves
to believing these things, and reverencing in silence the designs of God, ..."
6. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"... does not offer to build houses and barns thereon, reverencing the splendor of
God which he sees bursting through each chink and cranny. ..."
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