Both Uses
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- And yet it stirs no fear within our heart, but only silent reverence and pity.†
Part 10reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- He will be taught reverence for his own spirit.
Part 12 *reverence = deep respect
Definitions:
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(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus)
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.