Definition of Reverent

Reverent

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

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

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Reverent Quotations

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
Albert Schweitzer

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Francis Bacon

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Amos Bronson Alcott

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

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.
Wynonna Judd

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Reverent Translations

reverent in Spanish is reverente

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