reverencer
(ˈrɛvərənsə(r))
[f. the verb + -er1.]
One who reverences; a respecter of some thing or person.
| 1577 tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 449 These fellowes are not..the reuerencers of the euangelical doctrine. 1654–66 Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 560 The Inhabitants of this City are so great Reuerencers of..the Arsacian blood. 1677 Cary Chron. ii. ii. xiv. 252 As becometh a Devout Reverencer, and..an Upright Advocate. 1701 Swift Contests Nobles & Comm. ii, The Athenians..were become great reverencers of crown'd Heads. 1828 Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 189 He is not a questioner and a despiser, but a teacher and a reverencer. 1847–8 De Quincey Protestantism Wks. 1858 VIII. 111 It is a situation of public scandal even to the deep reverencers of the Bible. |