If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence. Chaucer.

Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear. Coleridge.

When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost. Bacon.

* Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted "respect" "honor", without awe or fear.

Make twenty reverences upon receiving . . . about twopence. Goldsmith.

And each of them doeth all his diligence
To do unto the feast reverence. Chaucer.

I am forced to lay my reverence by. Shak.

Save your reverence, Saving your reverence, an apologetical phrase for an unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman. -- Sir reverence, a contracted form of Save your reverence.

Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. "Sir reverence." Shak.

-- To do reverence, to show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence.

Now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence. Shak.

Syn. -- Awe; honor; veneration; adoration; dread. -- Awe, Reverence, Dread, Veneration. Reverence is a strong sentiment of respect and esteem, sometimes mingled slightly with fear; as, reverence for the divine law. Awe is a mixed feeling of sublimity and dread in view of something great or terrible, sublime or sacred; as, awe at the divine presence. It does not necessarily imply love. Dread is an anxious fear in view of an impending evil; as, dread of punishment. Veneration is reverence in its strongest manifestations. It is the highest emotion we can exercise toward human beings. Exalted and noble objects produce reverence; terrific and threatening objects awaken dread; a sense of the divine presence fills us with awe; a union of wisdom and virtue in one who is advanced in years inspires us with veneration.

Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph. v. 33.

Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise. Shak.