reverence

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
2. (countable, uncountable)An act of showing respect, such as a bow.

   “August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The state of being revered.

   “When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.”

4. (countable, uncountable)A form of address for some members of the clergy.

   “Your Reverence”

5. (countable, uncountable)That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

   “Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by.”

verb

1. (transitive)To show or feel reverence to.

   “I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word”