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veneration
religion
Also known as: homage, reverence
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rites and ceremonies
- In worship: Variations or distinctions within the act of worship
…be shown lesser forms of veneration because of their special relationship to the divine.
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significance in medieval French society
- In France: The church
…encouragement in mystical or individual devotions or readings and in collective observances of the Holy Spirit or the Virgin or the patron saints of the trades that promoted elementary solidarity and charity in the towns; such confraternities were not always welcome to ecclesiastical authorities, whose deportment or jurisdiction they sometimes…
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veneration of The Buddha
- In Buddhism: Popular religious practices
The first is the veneration of the Buddha or other buddhas, bodhisattvas, or saints, which involves showing respect, meditating on the qualities of the Buddha, or giving gifts. Such gifts are often given to the relics of the Buddha, to images made to represent him, and to other traces…
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