Reverend
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈrɛvərənd/
- Formal
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reverendo
- Everyone listened attentively as Reverend Thompson delivered his sermon on kindness.
- the Reverend said
- Reverend Doctor
You know, I, I remember hearing something Reverend Michael said about being in the spirit of celebration.
- You know, I, I remember hearing something Reverend Michael said about being in the spirit of celebration.
- His name was the the Reverend, the Reverend BS Sharp was his name.
- Remember Reverend Jim, like taking his test of the DMV?
- So Reverend Morrison in full flow, mate.
- And you can see something else opposed to that early on in this book, that one of the Reverend Mothers who's examining Paula Tradies tells him this.
Examples
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Reverend Mother... What does a man do who is not born to be a friar?
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"The second reason has to do with the murder of Reverend Paul Singletary."
Fiction book (1990) -
I will have a talk with her, Reverend Mother.
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At the close of the morning service, the Reverend made an announcement.
Academic text (1996) -
Now, I know that the Reverend Rigger is behind us on this.
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"No person here seems to have the heart to do anything without his orders," the Reverend George Whitefield observed.
Academic text (2011) -
To begin the evening, we have our very own Reverend Barnard Hood.
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"I was so upset for you when you became ill during Reverend Singletary's funeral."
Fiction book (1990) -
"Let us not love in word, neither in tongue," Reverend Emmett said, "but in deed and in truth."
Academic text (1992) -
Words of spiritual solace came, interestingly enough, from the Reverend T. De Witt Talmage.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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8.1
A formal title for senior church priests such as cathedral deans or canons
A church leader in charge of a local church or the head of a college
Compounds
- Formal
1
8.1
A formal title for senior church priests such as cathedral deans or canons
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Reverend comes from an old Latin word reverendus meaning 'to be respected' and is related to the English word revere ('to respect deeply'). So, Reverend is a title used to show respect for a church leader.