reverent+performance

  • 51fidelity — fidelity, allegiance, fealty, loyalty, devotion, piety denote faithfulness to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty. Fidelity implies strict adherence to what is a matter of faith or of keeping faith; it presupposes an obligation,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 52oath — Any form of attestation by which a person signifies that he is bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully, e.g. President s oath on entering office, Art. II, Sec. 1, U.S.Const. Vaughn v. State, 146 Tex.Cr.R. 586,177 S.W.2d 59 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 53ḤEVRAH, ḤAVURAH — (Heb. חֲבוּרָה. חֶבְרָה, Aram. חֶבְרָא), a formal membership association in the framework of the traditional Jewish community, now limited in scope. In Ashkenazi communities, each such society bore the generic appellation kaddisha (קַדִּישָׁא),… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism