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regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration — sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- She dropped her bouquet; I picked it up, and presented it to her with a profound reverence.Chapter 28 (74% in)
reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration
- "However," said Cacambo, "the captain is not a Spaniard, but a German, he is ready to perish with hunger as well as myself; cannot we have something for breakfast, while we wait for his reverence?"Chapter 14 (54% in)
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