Definition of Venerate

to respect or worship someone or something

Examples of Venerate in a sentence

The Bible says we should venerate our parents and our elders.  🔊

Although I do believe we should venerate honest politicians, I do not believe these individuals should be paid large salaries.  🔊

Many people attend church services to venerate God.  🔊

To venerate Mrs. Johnson’s fifty-five years of service in the school system, the county is naming a school in her honor.  🔊

The town plans to venerate the former president by naming a street after him.  🔊

Because my grandfather never failed to venerate my grandmother, the couple had a happy marriage for over seventy years.  🔊

I cannot believe some people have the nerve to venerate the terrorist as a hero!  🔊

In some cultures, it is mandatory that wives venerate their husbands and place them on pedestals.  🔊

I prefer not to watch television shows that venerate unwed mothers making light of their personal situations.  🔊

Although the football player is a decent man, I do not think we should venerate him simply because he announced is a homosexual.  🔊

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