Careful Words

reverence (n.)

reverence (v.)

But yesterday the word of Caesar might

Have stood against the world; now lies he there,

And none so poor to do him reverence.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iii. Sc. 2.

  Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Advancement of Learning. Book ii.

Let the air strike our tune,

Whilst we show reverence to yond peeping moon.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627): The Witch. Act v. Sc. 2.