Reverent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reverent \Rev"er*ent\, a. [L. reverens, -entis, p. pr. of
     revereri. See {Revere}.]
     1. Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive;
        humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples. "They . . .
        prostrate fell before him reverent." --Milton.
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     2. Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission;
        as, reverent words; reverent behavior. --Joye.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reverent
       adj 1: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration;
              "maintained a reverent silence" [ant: {irreverent}]
       2: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a
          godly life" [syn: {godly}, {worshipful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "reverent":
     Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, admiring, adorant, adoring,
     apotheosizing, awed, awestricken, awestruck, believing, cultish,
     cultist, cultistic, deifying, devoted, devotional, devout, dutiful,
     faithful, hero-worshiping, idolatrous, idolizing, imploring,
     in awe, in the dust, on bended knee, pietistic, pious, prayerful,
     precative, precatory, prostrate before, religious, reverential,
     solemn, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, theistic,
     venerational, venerative, worshipful, worshiping