veneration

[Fr., from Lat. venerationem, acc us. of veneratio, from veneratus, pa. par. of veneror =to venerate (q. v.).] 1. Ord . Lang.: The act of venerating; the feeling one who venerates; the highest degree of and reverence; reverend regard; respect mingled with some degree of awe; a feeling or sentiment excited by the dignity, wisdom, and goodne of a person, or by the sacredne of his character, and, with regard to places, by some a ociations which render them hallowed. "Veneration is a higher degree of respect; in which the mind seems to be more forcibly struck with wisdom, connected with the sterner virtues." -Cogan: On the Pas sions , pt. i., ch. ii., § 3. 2. Phrenol.: An affective sentiment having for its object any person or thing deemed worthy of ven IMG:content-0437.png:[blocks in formation] "For pestilence is properly signified by the spider, whereof some kinds are of a very venenose nature."Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. ii., ch. ii.