About The Word Reverend
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Reverend
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What's The Definition Of Reverend?
[n] a title of respect for a clergyman
[n] a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church [adj] worthy of adoration or reverence Synonyms | Synonyms for Reverend: clergyman | man of the cloth | revered | reverenced | sacred | sublime | venerated Related Terms | Find terms related to Reverend: See Also | archdeacon | archpriest | Beecher | Catholic deacon | chaplain | churchman | clergy | cleric | curate | deacon | divine | domine | dominee | dominie | dominus | Donne | ecclesiastic | Henry Ward Beecher | hierarch | high priest | John Donne | John Keble | John Wesley | Keble | King | Martin Luther King | Martin Luther King Jr. | minister | officiant | ordinand | ordinary | parson | pastor | postulator | preacher | preacher man | prelate | priest | primate | rector | Roger Williams | sermoniser | sermonizer | shepherd | spiritual leader | title | vicar | Wesley | Williams Reverend In Webster's Dictionary \Rev"er*end\, a. [F. r['e]v['e]rend, L. reverendus, fr.
revereri. See {Revere}.]
Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear
and affection; venerable.
A reverend sire among them came. --Milton.
They must give good example and reverend deportment in
the face of their children. --Jer. Taylor.
Note: This word is commonly given as a title of respect to
ecclesiastics. A clergyman is styled the reverend; a
dean, the very reverend; a bishop, the right reverend;
an archbishop, the most reverend.
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