Both Uses
revere
in
The Color of Water
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- But when she did speak of him it always began with reverence and ended with sadness, with her saying, "I never knew how sick he was."†
Chpt 24reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- spoke eloquently, with reverence
Chpt Epil. *reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration
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)
- 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.