— venerator , n.
/ven"euh rayt'/ , v.t., venerated, venerating .
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
[ 1615-25; veneratus, ptp. of venerari to solicit the goodwill of (a god), worship, revere, v. deriv. of vener-, s. of venus, presumably in its original sense "desire"; see VENUS) ]