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reverent

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1. reverent - Adjective

2. reverent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.

Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind. John Ruskin

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. Mark Twain

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before. Gerald Stanley Lee

A man is first reverent about himself, and self-respect is the first stage in reverence for all things. Otto Weininger

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent. Sogyal Rinpoche

Great souls are always loyally submissive, reverent to what is over them. Thomas Carlyle

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