Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VEN-ER-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. veneratio.]

The highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with some degree of awe; a feeling or sentiment excited by the dignity and superiority of a person, or by the sacredness of his character, and with regard to place, by its consecration to sacred services. We find a secret awe and veneration for one who moves about us in a regular and illustrious course of virtue. – Addison.