Heinlein venerated the armed forces, most notoriously in his 1959 novel Starship Troopers, which celebrated an elite military order. From Wordnik.com. [» Heinlein within Reason heinleinblog] Reference
Part of the reason that relics are so venerated is because of the belief in resurrection of the body -- a redemption of the physical world at the end of time. From Wordnik.com. [Incorruptible and Forever] Reference
So much is that great name venerated, so much is it loved, that it has been sought to discover those of your persecutors. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Update: We just called venerated game center Taito Hey Akihabara, which has not raised its prices to ¥120 and up and is still charging standard play fees. From Wordnik.com. [Kotaku] Reference
Mr. Mackenzie suggests that the ornament was perhaps added "after the axe had obtained some kind of venerated or symbolical character.". From Wordnik.com. [The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore] Reference
Undoubtedly, -- the scarab was venerated throughout. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
It almost seemed as if the venerated megapapers were piling on. From Wordnik.com. [Cracks In The Story] Reference
The Thuparama is the oldest and most venerated of all the dagobas. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
This shrine is also venerated by Moslems, who call it the tomb of Yusuf. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The Klezmatic's, a very venerated (unintelligible) band, been around for ages. From Wordnik.com. [The Best, Worst and Weirdest in Holiday CDs] Reference
It had been specially venerated, and carefully preserved for more than a century. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Slavery, however, was not a venerated institution in the Southland in the eighteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
It would be three thousand more to reach the Tiger's nest — the venerated monastery of Taktsang. From Wordnik.com. [Their Next] Reference
SF: I'd have tried to assure Oscar that he would be remembered and venerated long into the future. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview] Reference
It is just four years since a strike ended the season, scrubbing sport's most venerated championship. From Wordnik.com. [Foul Trouble Visits The Land Of Jordan] Reference
Indeed, this Paris-born, Harvard-educated musician may be the most venerated performing artist today. From Wordnik.com. [The Ever-Curious Cellist] Reference
As a result, the Kirov has eclipsed Moscow's now-crumbling Bolshoi as Russia's most venerated theater. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Arts Preview: Gergiev Goes Global] Reference
Yet a portion of a large, old, and venerated party have come to be their miserable allies and claqueurs. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The Times of India, once the country's most venerated newspaper, now has the look and feel of a colorful tabloid. From Wordnik.com. [AMID DISASTER, NEW CONFIDENCE] Reference
We know that there were altars with perpetual lamps burning, and venerated crucifixes, and an abundance of relics. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
It is a venerated profession, and I am proud to be working side by side with such dedicated and conscientious people. From Wordnik.com. [A Physician's Lament] Reference
After he had made a thorough inspection, he venerated the locality and showed his feeling by festivals and sacrifices. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
This plant is a good deal venerated by women, and no doubt was provided for the benefit of the ladies of his household. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
But the voice of this handsome and venerated old man has, amidst the deep silence, something deliciously heavenly about it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He's the venerated senior VP at MCI who back in the '70s codesigned the communication language that gave birth to the Internet. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Soon: Www.Newsweek.Moon?] Reference
But Truman's insight could well be applied to another, even more venerated Washington figure: the CEO turned cabinet secretary. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of The Super-Ceo] Reference
Such was this remarkable man as first seen by the English, "venerated as God's vice-regent through all the eastern countries of Asia.". From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
In Hari Das, a dancer who is venerated for his skill in impersonating Lord Vishnu, Dalrymple gives us a vivid cameo of the caste system. From Wordnik.com. [William Dalrymple's "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India"] Reference
They include aromatherapy, massage and work trips in farm country, but none rivals the popularity of hot springs, long venerated for their reputed healing powers. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Takes A Bath] Reference
Rahul also broke ground by pushing forward a slate of young candidates — a rare move in a country where age is venerated and 80-year-old politicians are a common sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet Revolutionary] Reference
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