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# reverence

«reverence» in Mova's school dictionary: **Deep respect and honour shown to someone, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Deep respect and honour shown to someone, such as a parent or a holy person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/#m1)

2) (old use) A low bow or curtsy to show respect; «to make a reverence» means to curtsy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/#m2)

3) (old use) «Your Reverence» is a polite title for a priest or a bishop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a duty owed to parents and elders; in tales, a respectful bow or curtsy made to a king, queen or lord

### examples

- Children should show reverence to their parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/#x1)
- The girl made a low reverence to the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/#x2)
- The old miller said, «Won't your Reverence buy some corn?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.572/)
- [Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.790/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reverence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.