Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise

Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 95. They too late reverence their advisers, as deep, foreseeing, and faithful prophets. Bacon, Moral Fables, v., Expl. The laws became ineffectual to restrain men who no longer reverenced justice. C. E. Norton, Church-building in Middle Ages, p. 164. 2. To do reverence to; treat with respect; pay respect to; specifically, to salute with a reverence, bow, or obeisance. Ich a-roos vp ryght with that and reuerencede hym fayre, And yf hus wil were he wolde hus name telle? Piers Plowman (C), xiv. 248. Reuerence thi felawis; bigynne with hem no strijf; To thi power kepe pees al thi lijf. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. Nor wanted at his end The dark retinue reverencing death At golden thresholds. Tennyson , Aylmer's Field. = Syn. 1. Worship , Revere , etc. See adore1 . reverencer (rev'e-ren-ser), n . [ reverence + -er1.] One who feels or displays reverence.