reverential
pronunciation
How to pronounce reverential in British English:
UK [ˌrevəˈrenʃl]
How to pronounce reverential in American English:
US [ˌrɛvəˈrɛnʃəl]
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- Adjective:
- feeling or manifesting veneration
Word Origin
- reverential (adj.)
- 1550s, from Latin reverentia (see reverence) + -al (1). Related: Reverentially.
Example
- 1. He gazed at her in reverential awe .
- 2. The chiang statue and other reverential kmt memorabilia were taken away .
- 3. He uttered the name with the most reverential respect .
- 4. I do not know the time , she causes me to be in reverential awe actually .
- 5. But in india , where dorje , the reputed 17th incarnation of the karmapa lama , now lives , he is seen by many in less reverential terms .