If you venerate someone or something, you value them or feel great respect for them. My father venerated General Eisenhower. = revere + venerated ven·er·at·ed Jerusalem is Christianity's most venerated place. + veneration ven·era·tion Churchill was held in near veneration during his lifetime. to honour or respect someone or something because they are old, holy, or connected with the past (past participle of venerari, from venus )