revered (verb)

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• revere — [[t]rɪvɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] reveres, revering, revered VERB If you revere someone or something, you respect and admire them greatly. [FORMAL] [V n] The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven... [V n] Today he s still revered as the father of the… …   English dictionary

• revere — verb she is revered as a national hero Syn: respect, admire, honor, think highly of, esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard, look up to, put on a pedestal, lionize, reverence Ant: despise •• revere, admire, adore, idolize, venerate,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• enshrine — verb 1》 place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle. 2》 preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be respected. Derivatives enshrinement noun …   English new terms dictionary

• revere — verb (T) formal to respect and admire someone or something very much: a much revered teacher …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Japanese literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language.       Both in quantity and quality, Japanese… …   Universalium

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• MARI — MARI, one of the principal centers of Mesopotamia during the third and early second millennia B.C.E. The archaeological and epigraphical discoveries there are of prime significance for the history of Mesopotamia and Upper Syria. The Akkadian… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• revere — UK [rɪˈvɪə(r)] / US [rɪˈvɪr] verb [transitive] Word forms revere : present tense I/you/we/they revere he/she/it reveres present participle revering past tense revered past participle revered to have a lot of respect and admiration for someone or… …   English dictionary

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …   Wikipedia

• Charisma — Charismatic redirects here. For other uses, see Charisma (disambiguation). The term charisma (pl. charismata, adj. charismatic; from the Greek χαρισμα, meaning favor given or gift of grace ) has two senses: 1) compelling attractiveness or charm… …   Wikipedia