All 6 Uses of
revere
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Imagine that by some miracle of dread or reverence they lowered their spyglasses, turned, set their riggings, sailed on.†
Chpt 1reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Reverent and Misrus Underdown, who started the African children on going to church way back years ago.†
Chpt 1reverent = feeling or showing respect and admiration
- I was struck through with my own wayward brand of reverence: praise be the lord of all plagues and secret afflictions!†
Chpt 1reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- The people revered the statue of Bel and went every day to worship it, but Daniel worshiped the Lord our Savior.
Chpt 4 *revered = regarded with feelings of deep respect and admiration
- Why, Daniel replied, 'I do not revere false idols but the living God, who is chief of all mankind.'
Chpt 4revere = respect or admire
- Not the paws of a leopard walking upright, turned against men by irreverence.†
Chpt 4irreverence = a lack of respectstandard prefix: The prefix "ir-" in irreverence means not and reverses the meaning of reverence. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "R" as seen in words like irrational, irregular, and irresistible.
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.