reverential adj 1: feeling or manifesting veneration [syn: {respectful}, {reverential}, {venerating}]
Reverential \Rev`er*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]v['e]renciel. See {Reverence}.] Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. "A reverential esteem of things sacred." --South. [1913 Webster]