reverence

A feeling of profound awe and respect and often love. synonym: honor.

An act showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy.

Used as a form of address for certain members of the Christian clergy.

To consider or treat with profound awe and respect; venerate.

To regard with reverence; look upon with awe and esteem; respect deeply; venerate.

To do reverence to: treat with respect; pay respect to; specifically, to salute with a reverence, bow, or obeisance.

Synonyms Worship, Revere, etc. See adore.

A feeling of mingled awe, respect, and admiration; veneration; esteem heightened by awe, as of a superior; reverent regard; especially, such a feeling toward deity.

The outward manifestation of reverent feeling; respect, esteem, or honor, as shown by conduct. See to do reverence, below.

An act or token of reverence.