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rev·er·end

(rĕv′ər-ənd)

adj.

1. Deserving reverence.

2. Relating to or characteristic of the clergy; clerical.

3. Reverend Abbr. Rev. Used as a title and form of address for certain clerics in many Christian churches. In formal usage, preceded by the: the Reverend Jane Doe; Reverend John Jones.

n. Informal

A cleric or minister. Used with the.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin reverendus, gerundive of reverērī, to revere; see revere¹.]

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reverend

(ˈrɛvərənd)

adj

1. worthy of reverence

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) relating to or designating a clergyman or the clergy

(Ecclesiastical Terms) informal a clergyman

[C15: from Latin reverendus fit to be revered; see revere]

Reverend

(ˈrɛvərənd)

adj

(Ecclesiastical Terms) a title of respect for a clergyman. Abbreviations: Rev. or Revd See also Very Reverend, Right Reverend, Most Reverend

Usage: Reverend with a surname alone (Reverend Smith), as a term of address ("Yes, Reverend"), or in the salutation of a letter (Dear Rev. Mr Smith) are all generally considered to be wrong usage. Preferred are (the) Reverend John Smith or Reverend Mr Smith and Dear Mr Smith

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rev•er•end

(ˈrɛv ər ənd, ˈrɛv rənd)

adj.

1. (cap.) (used as a title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order): the Reverend Timothy Cranshaw; Reverend Mother.

2. worthy of being revered; entitled to reverence.

3. pertaining to or characteristic of the clergy.

4. a member of the clergy.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin reverendus, ger. of reverērī to revere¹]

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Noun	1.	reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church clergyman, man of the cloth clergy - in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) spiritual leader - a leader in religious or sacred affairs acolyte - someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches anagnost - a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church) archdeacon - (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop chaplain - a clergyman ministering to some institution churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic, divine - a clergyman or other person in religious orders curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" deacon - a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders domine, dominee, dominie, dominus - a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson ostiarius, ostiary, doorkeeper - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church lector, reader - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church officiant - a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service ordinand - a person being ordained ordinary - a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death postulator - (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer - someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders shepherd - a clergyman who watches over a group of people subdeacon - a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church vicar - (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish vicar - (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
	2.	Reverend - a title of respect for a clergyman form of address, title of respect, title - an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title"
Adj.	1.	reverend - worthy of adoration or reverence sublime sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

reverend

noun

Informal. A person ordained for service in a Christian church:

churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher.

Translations

المُوَقَّر، المُبَجَّل

ctihodný

pastor

nagytiszteletűtisztelendõ

séra

reverend

[ˈrevərənd]

A. ADJ (in titles) → reverendo
right or very reverend → reverendísimo
Reverend Mother → reverenda madre f

B. N (Catholic) → padre m, cura m; (Protestant) → pastor m

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reverend

[ˈrɛv^ərənd]

adj
the Reverend John Smith (Anglican) → le révérend John Smith; (Catholic) → l'abbé John Smith; (Protestant) → le pasteur John Smith

n (Anglican) → révérend m; (Catholic) → abbé m; (Protestant) → pasteur m

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reverend

adj the Reverend Robert Martin → ˜ Pfarrer Robert Martin; the Most Reverend John Smith → Erzbischof John Smith; the Very Reverend John Smith → Dekan John Smith; the Right Reverend John Smith → Bischof John Smith; the Reverend Mother → die Mutter Oberin

n (inf) → ˜ Pfarrer m

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Reverend

[ˈrɛv/ər/ənd] adj (in titles) → reverendo/a

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revere

(rəˈviə) verb

to feel or show great respect for. The students revere the professor.

reverence (ˈrevərəns) noun

great respect. He was held in reverence by those who worked for him.

Reverend (ˈrevərənd) noun

(usually abbreviated to Rev. when written) a title given to a clergyman. (the) Rev. John Brown.

reverent (ˈrevərənt) adjective

showing great respect. A reverent silence followed the professor's lecture.

ˈreverently adverb

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"Reverend sir," murmured Caderousse, seeking to regain the window, which the count pitilessly blocked -- "reverend sir, I don't know -- believe me -- I take my oath" --

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The Flora of the Galapagos Archipelago is the subject of a separate memoir by him, in the 'Linnean Transactions.' The Reverend Professor Henslow has published a list of the plants collected by me at the Keeling Islands; and the Reverend J.

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"Come in, my reverend father," said Mazarin, after a last look at the ruelle, "come in and console me."

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The reader will remember that at five minutes past eight in the evening-- about five and twenty hours after the arrival of the travellers in London-- Passepartout had been sent by his master to engage the services of the Reverend Samuel Wilson in a certain marriage ceremony, which was to take place the next day.

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The voice which had called her attention was that of the reverend and famous John Wilson, the eldest clergyman of Boston, a great scholar, like most of his contemporaries in the profession, and withal a man of kind and genial spirit.

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Chadband and threatened with being delivered over to the police unless he showed the reverend gentleman where he lived and unless he entered into, and fulfilled, an undertaking to appear in Cook's Court to-morrow night, "'to--mor--row--night," Mrs.

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She had correspondences with clerical gentlemen in most of our East and West India possessions; and was secretly attached to the Reverend Silas Hornblower, who was tattooed in the South Sea Islands.

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Some of the Reverend Frank Milvey's brethren had found themselves exceedingly uncomfortable in their minds, because they were required to bury the dead too hopefully.

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Extracts from the DIARY of THE REVEREND JULIAN GRAY.

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``If the reverend fathers,'' he said, ``loved good cheer and soft lodging, few miles of riding would carry them to the Priory of Brinxworth, where their quality could not but secure them the most honourable reception; or if they preferred spending a penitential evening, they might turn down yonder wild glade, which would bring them to the hermitage of Copmanhurst, where a pious anchoret would make them sharers for the night of the shelter of his roof and the benefit of his prayers.''