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- How he should worship'd be, and reverenced;
Act 1 *reverenced = regarded with feelings of deep respect and admiration
- Will him to pray for me; and to use his fortune With reverence, when he comes to't.†
Act 3reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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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(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.