different between veneration vs venerate

English

Etymology

From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n???e???n/
• Hyphenation: ven?e?ra?tion

Noun

veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)

1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
3. Profound reverence, respect or awe.
   • 1848, w:William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Evans, page 2:

     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.

4. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Translations

Anagrams

• Evertonian, enervation

English

Etymology

From Latin vener?tus, perfect passive participle of veneror (“worship, reverence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n??e?t/

Verb

venerate (third-person singular simple present venerates, present participle venerating, simple past and past participle venerated)

1. (transitive) To treat with great respect and deference.
2. (transitive) To revere or hold in awe.

Related terms

• revere
• venerable
• veneration
• venerative

Translations

Anagrams

• enervate

Italian

Verb

venerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of venerare
2. second-person plural imperative of venerare
3. feminine plural of venerato

Anagrams

• veterane

Latin

Participle

vener?te

1. vocative masculine singular of vener?tus