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Notice speech showing reverence (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adoration

'reverence' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'notice speech' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'speech' becomes 'oration' (oration is a kind of speech).
'ad'+'oration'='ADORATION'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for adoration that I've seen before include "Feeling of profound love" , "Hero-worship" , "high esteem" , "passionate allegiance" , "high regard" .)

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