Meaning

noun a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

noun a title of respect for a clergyman

adjective worthy of adoration or reverence

originBorrowed from Middle French révérend, from Old French, from Latin future passive participle reverendus (“that is to be respected”), from deponent verb revereor (“to honor, revere”).

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