All 3 Uses of
revere
in
Sycamore Row
- Jake may have been revered by the blacks in Ford County, but he was still resented by many of the whites.†
p. 14.4 *revered = deeply respected and admired
- Lanier was being revered as a courtroom magician, able to pull rabbits out of hats in spite of the rules of evidence.†
p. 581.4
- Judge Atlee sat three rows up, at the end by the aisle, the same revered seat he had claimed for at least the last ten years.†
p. 628.5
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.