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# venerate

«venerate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to treat them with very deep respect** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (venerate, venerates, venerated, venerating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To venerate someone or something is to treat them with very deep respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#m1)

2) (church) Some Christians venerate saints, relics or icons: they honour them, but believe only God is worshipped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in religion lessons (saints, holy places), history (ancestors, heroes) and formal writing; noun veneration.

### examples

- Many people venerate their grandparents' wisdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x1)
- The village venerates the old oak tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x2)
- Catholics and Orthodox Christians venerate the saints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x3)
- The pilgrims kissed the icon to venerate it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x4)
- Ancient Egyptians venerated cats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x5)
- Scientists still venerate Newton's work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x6)
- Indeed, he loved as well as venerated this master because of his unfailing kindness, his patience, his readiness to teach, and his skill in teaching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/#x7)

### note

Formal word; everyday «respect» or «honour» is softer. Trap: venerate (honour) is not the same as worship (give the love and praise owed to God), as churches use the words. Adjective: venerable (old and respected).

### Trees and pragmatics

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