c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 250 Reuerencing or adoracioun..is a deede bi which a creature declariþ..an oþir þing or persoon to be his ouerer and worþier.

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmüller Godlye & Learned Treat. xix. sig. H.v ^v Y^e reuerencyng of y^e power & maiestie of god, also confession, true inuocacion of y^e name of god & sanctifieng of y^t same.

1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xlv. f. 136^v The reuerencing of the eternall and onely God.

1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. iii. lxiii. 545 There are also sacred rites and holy observations, which are made for the reverencing of the Gods, and religion.

1701 J. Prince Beauty God's House 66 This instead of Reverencing of them, as God requires, is a down-right despising and contemning of them.

1814 Eclectic Rev. Nov. 434 The reverencing of pictures might, perhaps, be unaccompanied with any superstitious notion.

1874 J. Robson Hinduism & its Relations to Christianity ii. ii. 134 I have mentioned as one of the duties imposed on all Hindus the reverencing of the cow.

1992 N. de Jongh Not in front of Audience vi. 182 This reverencing of the qualities of the young rather than the mature male.

1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) lxxxiv. f. 260 To worship is to fall downe at ones feete with a reuerencing mynde.

1616 in Analecta Scotica (1837) II. 4 Accept it now with my richt humble and reuerencing dewtie.

1787 T. Harmer Observ. III. vi. 424 Windus, speaking of the reverencing idiots as saints among the Mohammedans, their kissing their garments, and giving them every thing but money.

1856 Millenial Harbinger May 253 With Tyndale especially..can I go even into his exile, and sit down with a reverencing and loving heart at the feet of him and Luther.

1916 Outlook 9 Feb. 328/2 No expressions of a reverencing and loyal love are too strong to express my reverence and my love for Christ.