veneration

(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration

An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.

a nonsexual attraction, usually based on veneration at some level.\r \r related to [boy crush] > I have a girl crush on a girl from a band

worthy of religious veneration

Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures