reverend
adjective/ˈrevərənd/
/ˈrevərənd/
[only before noun] Reverend
(abbreviation Rev.)
- the title of a member of the clergy that is also sometimes used to talk to or about one
- the Reverend Charles Dodgson
- Good morning, Reverend.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin reverendus ‘person to be revered’, gerundive of revereri from re- (expressing intensive force) + vereri ‘to fear’.
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