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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Veneratio(u)n, -acioun, n. [ME and e.m.E. veneracion (1432-50), veneracyon (1526), veneration (1548), OF veneration, L. venerātiōn-, f. venerārī to venerate.] a. Veneration, respect or reverence for a person or thing. Const. to hald in veneratioun, with (in) veneratioun, veneratioun of. b. An act of veneration; the practice of venerating.a. 1531 Bell. Boece II 176.
Thir haly martyris, Sanct Adriane and his fallowis, ar haldin yit in gret veneration be Inglismen and Scottis 1531 Bell. Boece II 191.
Gregour incontinent demontit of his hors, and, with gret veneration, kist the croce 1531 Bell. Boece II 298.
This croce … is haldin yit in gret veneration 1559 St. A. Kirk S. 12.
I abhor and detestis all veneratiou[n] of idollis and imagies and all traditiones of men sett owt to thirle the consciences of Goddis people aganis his holy lawes Arundel MS 251/357.
I … offer vnto thé in souerane reuerence and veneracioun all that a gude debonar hert may contene 1562-3 Winȝet II 33/17.
It is a grete temptatioun quhen that man, quhome thow beleuis to be a prophet … and affirmar of the veritie, and quhome thow hes embraceit in grete veneratioun … and luwe … suld [etc.]b. 1629 J. Maxwell Herodian (1635) 295.
He fell to his hiddygiddy veneration of his country deity … with antique dances a1651 Calderwood II 33.
Adoratioun, veneratioun, bearing through streetes and touns, and keeping of bread in boxes or boostes, are profanatioun of Christ's sacraments