In modern Italy, one feminine deity is venerated above the rest: Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Both Reuters and Dow Jones are among the most venerated names in journalism.
They named their enterprise after a local temple dedicated to the goddess Renuka, who is much venerated in the area.
Miriam, as one of the first female leaders to appear in the Bible, has been venerated by Jewish feminists for generations.
Its carved visage had become -- solely through its loss -- a rare totem of maternal love, a saint's venerated bone.
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Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order of monks, who helped spread Christianity throughout Europe and was particularly venerated in Ratzinger's homeland, Germany.
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In the 1990 census, nearly 90% of Mexicans declared themselves Catholics, and the country's patron, the Virgin of Guadalupe, is widely venerated.
David Littman is a British historian and widely venerated human rights activist who has represented several NGOs at the United Nations in Geneva.
The reputed head of John the Baptist is the holiest object in the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, venerated by Christians and Muslims alike.
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Having been part of United's venerated FA Youth Cup-winning side of 1992, Beckham went on to lift nine major trophies with the club.
Now that bromance is part of our venerated lexicon, we can wield it with authority, apply it smartly, inject it into our elite discourse.
In 1978, the Turin shroud, once venerated as the burial cloth of Christ, went on public display for the first time in 45 years.
Judging by the grand size of this anthropological symbol of femininity and human enterprise, they may conclude that women are venerated in this culture.
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His ouster, at the hands of the Penn State board of trustees, was an unimaginable finish to one of the most venerated names in college sports.
The illustrious list is compiled by The World's 50 Best Restaurants Academy -- an 806-member panel of the globe's most venerated chefs, food critics, restaurateurs and gourmands.
Likewise they flock to the mausoleum of Jalal-ud-din Rumi, one of Islam's most venerated mystics, ignoring on their way the secular mausoleums erected en masse by their Seljuk ancestors.
Brace yourselves bon vivants of the wine world, for a veritable holy grail of your venerated drink has been snapped up by an U.S. aficionado who wishes to remain, well, nameless.
They crave the sense of connection, the inherently communal experience, of hearing real people breathe life into centuries-old compositions: the venerated composers, modern-day musicians and generations of music-lovers, all united in the expression of raw human emotion through art.
The hero who is celebrated varies by region: the romantic poet Qu Yuan is venerated in Hubei and Hunan Provinces, Wu Zixu (an old man said to have died while slaying a dragon in Guizhou Province) in South China, and Yan Hongwo in Yunnan Province among the Dai community.
Apart from the airport ceremonies that are attended by senior officers, the motorcade to the soldier's home town evokes strong sentiments of an appreciative nation - no-one seems to bother about how lowly the soldier's rank was - his death at the front line had raised him into the ranks of the venerated.
More broadly, the principle upon which immunisation is based - namely, exposure to a non-harmful version of the naturally occurring infection in order to induce a natural and protective immune response - can be seen to be a far more natural process than the drug- and surgery-based therapies most widely venerated as the main achievements of modern medicine.
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