His first abrupt question, flung out without any reverential preface, assumes that the character of God requires that the fate of the righteous should be distinguished from that of the wicked.
They brought him food in golden dishes, and left it, removing the remnants in the same reverential manner in which they would have served at the altar.
Blessed is the nation whose wisest man is their king," replied Herodotus, with almost reverential courtesy.
The religious mind, in reverential contemplation, felt awe above humanity, and feared to invest divinity with corporeal charm.
In every field of thought and life he started from the principle of authority; it fitted in with his reverential instincts, his temperament, above all, his education.
Yes," she responded in reverential tones, "the holy Evangelists must know best.
It is one of the most wonderful things that I ever heard of," and Master Mather gazed on the feathers with admiring and almost reverential eyes.
He arose, though with some difficulty, and taking Dorothy's head between his hands, he pressed a reverential kiss upon her brow.
He shared Douglas' political opinions, looked upon him with a certain awe; while Mrs. Williams and the children kept a reverential silence.
He was looking up at her quite calmly, very much as a reverential Protestant might look at a picture of the Virgin, with a devoutness suggested by the type rather than by the image.
Harold was fond of this young creature, who had been always sweet and reverential to her.
The same touching, reverential sympathy was shown on the occasion of the funeral, which was hastened on Mary's account, and took place three days after the deaths.
During the kiss, reverential as it was, a feeling of excitement passed through Mary, of the same nature as that which, when he kissed and kissed again, had made her almost faint away.
Here he sat him down by her side, and opened the Book of all books with reverential thankfulness of soul.
The children will, of course, understand very little of the meaning of the Ten Commandments from the reading, but they will understand and absorb the reverential attitude of the teacher towards them.
He has as graceful a gothic chapel as heart could desire; his place of worship is reverential and in keeping with its character.
In the one case you are in something of a reverential mood, and you are not disappointed by the want of physical power.
And though, its majority attained, Vivenza is now its own master, yet should it not fail in a reverential respect for its parent.
A haughty bow from the viscount and a reverential one from the captain acknowledged this presentation.
With a simple reverentialallusion to the letters of St. Paul and the other immediate followers of our Lord, letters that teach men the way of salvation--we pass to a more modern consideration of our topic.
Therefore, we can say nothing too reverential of Law.
Helen Legram had a reverential way of speaking of Mr. Summers that provoked me; but she told me one day, when I laughed at this, that no one who knew his life could do otherwise.
We shall examine first these objects of reverential regard and then proceed to notice some of the more outstanding customs whose origin is heathen.
Enough, however, is told us of the reverential treatment of it, to show that it was a symbol of higher sanctity than a mere receptacle for the stones of the law would be likely to be.
The Indians have it from their ancestors that they are the abode of an evil genius, and they pass in the river below with a reverential awe.
One is obliged to wonder if educational people are peculiarly liable to be caught by a formula or an apparently axiomatic statement, build everything upon it, and silence every question by a reverential appeal to it.
He regarded Mary with a stare of almost reverential wonder.
It was thus that, with the primitive directness of his reverential love for the girl, he counted no sacrifice too great in her behalf.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reverential" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
