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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

révérenciel

. See

Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent;

as,

reverential

fear or awe

“A reverential esteem of things sacred.”

South.

Adj.

[from reverence.] Proceeding from reverence, or expressing it; as reverential fear or awe; reverential gratitude or esteem.

Religion - consisting in a reverential esteem of things sacred.

reverential ‎(comparative more reverential, superlative most reverential)