reverern.
/rᵻˈvɪərə/, U.S. /rəˈvɪ(ə)rər/, /riˈvɪ(ə)rər/ A person who reveres someone or something.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > one who reverences
homagera1425
reverencer1577
adorant1623
venerator1656
reverer1660
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 73 The Egyptians were such jealous Reverers of those Creatures which they worship'd, that he that violated them was in danger of stoning.
1674 Govt. Tongue iii. 30 The Jews were such scrupulous reverers of it.
1744 J. Castelman Serm. Bristol Infirmary 43 Whom..we begin now to treat as human Creatures—nay, fellow Christians, Reverers of God and Christ, and Lovers of Mankind.
1795 A. Aufrere tr. K. U. von Salis Marschlins Trav. Kingdom Naples 360 Sir William Hamilton, well known throughout the kingdom as the protector and reverer of antiquities.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 205 As often as I read what every Reverer of Holy Writ..ought to read, his admirable Vindiciæ Hebraicæ.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vi. 164 The reverer of the Royal Martyr.
1884 Manch. Examiner 27 Dec. 6/1 Upon which..the reverer of the poetic past might hang a serious homily.
1913 G. F. Moore Hist. Relig. I. 288 Such adherents, or ‘reverers’ (of Buddha) as they are called,..could not expect to attain saintship in this life.
1995 T. Hayward Ecol. Thought 14 Some of the greatest scientists have been among the greatest reverers of nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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