reverentialityn.
/ˌrɛvəˌrɛnʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɛvəˌrɛnʃiˈælədi/ The quality of being reverential.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > reverent quality
worshipfulnessc1390
reverendness1549
reverentness1584
venerativeness1829
reverentiality1835
reverentialness1846
1835 Sir H. Taylor Let. 5 Nov. (1888) 68 I laughed inwardly at the reverentiality of the Editor of ‘Blackwood’.
1873 J. P. Lacroix tr. A. Wuttke Christian Ethics I. 211 Modifications of this virtue are shame, reverentiality, abstinence, gentleness, modesty, humility, etc.
1946 Philos. Rev. 55 173 The column became even structurally superfluous and retained only its expressive function, namely, as the expression of reverentiality of the building.
1999 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 44 The danger of staging Shakespeare staging Shakespeare, so to speak, would be an excessive reverentiality towards the words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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