veneration
Syllables: ven·e·ra·tion/ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
veneration noun: the act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
Noun
veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)
- The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
- Profound reverence, respect or awe.
- In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Chiswick Mall”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 2
- Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.
veneration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
veneration in Hindi
- veneration
- परस्तिश parastiś
veneration in Tamil
- போற்றரவு, ஆழ்ந்த மதிப்பு, மரியாதை, பயபக்தி, வணக்கம், வணங்குதல்
veneration in Urdu
- veneration
- پرستش parastiś
veneration in Bengali
- veneration
- শ্রদ্ধা sroddha
More languagesFewer languages
- veneration in Malayalam
- പൂജ
- veneration in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕಮೆ, ಮದಿಪು, ಗೌರವ, ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ
- veneration in Sanskrit
- पूजा pūjā
- veneration in Arabic
- تَبْجِيل tabjīl, تَعْظِيم taʕẓīm
Forms of veneration
| plural | venerations |
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Origin of veneration
From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.
Words formed from veneration
Words that rhyme with veneration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about veneration
- What does veneration mean?
- Veneration means the act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
- What is veneration in Hindi?
- Veneration in Hindi is परस्तिश (parastiś). See Veneration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is veneration?
- Veneration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce veneration?
- Veneration is pronounced /ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of veneration?
- The plural of veneration is venerations.
Words near veneration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: veneration (page history and authors); परस्तिश (Hindi) (page history and authors); veneration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پرستش (Urdu) (page history and authors); শ্রদ্ধা (Bengali) (page history and authors); veneration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); veneration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पूजा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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