venerate

Object

• relic: Instead of venerating holy relics in Moscow, they began venerating the rotting mommy of their tyrant.
• martyr: A martyr venerated from early times in Carthage in North Africa.
• saint: Secondly, there are also the locally venerated saints in the West, whose ancient titles have generally been adopted - or else adapted.
• icon: During the last few years his image has spread throughout Italy as the most important and venerated icon of Italian Catholicism.
• figure: Castro remains more a venerated national father figure than typical Marxist dictator.
• site: Also on Cyprus is another highly venerated islamic site - the third most important after Mecca and Medina - the Hala Sultan Tekke.

Preposition: on

• border: A saint greatly venerated on the border of France and Spain, especially in Navarre.

Preposition: as

• patron-saint: His relics were translated to Bruges in Belgium in the ninth century and he has since been venerated as the patron-saint of Bruges.
• martyr: Ever since he has been venerated as a martyr.
• saint: Miracles were worked by his relics and he was venerated as a saint.

Modifying Another Word

• greatly: He was and is greatly venerated in the Orthodox Church, West and also East.
• widely: Mercury was widely venerated by all sections of society.
• highly: Statues found in caves were used by the Dogon as part of their heritage, and were highly venerated.
• still: He was martyred in Flanders and is still venerated in Bruges.
• much: Two saints much venerated in the south of Italy.

Preposition: in

• south: Two saints much venerated in the south of Italy.
• church: His relics are venerated in the church of St Matthias in Trier.