| 单词 | to hold in reverence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold (also †have) (a person or thing) in (great, etc.) reverence P3. to hold (also †have) (a person or thing) in (great, etc.) reverence: to hold in deep respect or high esteem; to venerate, revere. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] honourc1275 shamec1384 to hold (also have) (a person or thing) in (great, etc.) reverencec1405 worshipc1450 to have, or hold in veneration?a1475 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 reverence1548 revere1558 reverent1565 shrine1592 saint1597 venerate1623 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 393 This storie is also trewe..As is the book of Launcelot de Lake That wommen holde in ful gret reuerence. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 31 On bokys for to rede I me delyte And in myn herte haue hem in reuerence. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) l. 377 (MED) Aboue alle oþere hiest stood he, And moost was had in reuerence. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 88 Sayng that none euyl ne trouble mighte come to him..as long as he kept & helde hem in reuerence. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cvj Next after the King, ye priestes which serue ye Idols, are had in chiefe reuerence. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Anaximenes in Panoplie Epist. 206 We..haue that man in great reuerence, leaning to his doctrine and precepts Philosophicall. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 828 These dried carkasses they held in great reverence. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xii. 18) 107 Bradford was had in so great reverence and admiration for his holiness. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub viii. 151 The Almighty North. An Antient Deity, whom the Inhabitants of Megalopolis in Greece, had likewise in highest Reverence. 1771 E. Burke Lett. (1960) II. 266 I hold his memory in a Reverence that is almost superstitious. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. ii. ii. 117 I hold the Church in holy reverence. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. xix. 232 I am perpetually seeing your name in the Times, which, by the way, doesn't appear to hold it in reverence. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 78/2 It was held in great reverence by all Moslems, though it did not possess canonical authority. 1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 116/1 They base their lives on the Bible and, as such, hold in special reverence the revelation of God in Torah. < as lemmas |
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