veneration

A feeling of profound respect or reverence: synonym: honor.

The act of venerating.

The feeling of one who venerates; a high degree of respect and reverence; an exalted feeling or sentiment excited by the dignity, wisdom, and goodness of a person, or by the sacredness of his character, and, with regard to a place, by the sacred or historic associations that hallow it.

The outward expression of reverent feeling; worship.

In phrenology, the organ of adoration, reverence, or respect for what is great and good. See cut under phrenology.