Both Uses of
revere
in
The Return of the King
- Then the withered tree was uprooted, but with reverence; and they did not burn it, but laid it to rest in the silence of Rath Danen.†
Chpt 6.5reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Then Treebeard said farewell to each of them in turn, and he bowed three times slowly and with great reverence to Celeborn and Galadriel.
Chpt 6.6 *reverence = respect
Definitions:
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(1)
(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.