The phrase "act of reverence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gesture or behavior that shows deep respect or admiration, often in a religious or solemn context.
Example: "The congregation participated in an act of reverence as they lit candles in memory of those who had passed away."
Alternatives: "gesture of respect" or "show of honor".
"It's the ultimate act of reverence".
So I guess — I would interpret it as an act of reverence, just like Dante's silence, whenever he meets Guinizelli is an act of reverence.
This simple and spontaneous act of reverence seems sadly unthinkable in today's Egypt.
It becomes a ritual act of reverence for the picture you are about to make".
On the conclusion of this act of reverence, the ritualists removed the offerings from the altar and the service ended.
For all the great founders of modern science - Galileo, Newton, Descartes, Robert Boyle, John Ray and their Muslim predecessors - their research was itself an act of reverence.
Gross, or overt, idolatry consists of explicit acts of reverence addressed to a person or an object the sun, the king, an animal, a statue.
OM purrnamadaH... OM bhadraM karNebhiH... svasti na indro... OM sarve bhavantu sukhinaH... OM asatomaa sadgamaya... OM tatsatbrahmaarpaNamastu. Pooja is the act of showing reverence to a god, a spirit, or another aspect of the divine through invocations, prayers, songs, and rituals.
A lack of reverence, maybe?
I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people [meaning, the First Amendment to the Constitution] which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.
