reverent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REV'ERENT, adjective 1. Expressing reverence, veneration or submission; as reverent words or terms; a reverent posture in prayer; reverent behavior. 2. Submissive; humble; impressed with reverence. They prostrate fell before him reverent
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