reverend

• reuerend (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛvɹənd/, /ˈɹɛvəɹənd/

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reverend

1. Worthy of reverence or respect.

   Synonyms: reverable, estimable, praiseworthy; see also Thesaurus:respectable

   Near-synonyms: revered, esteemed

   The reverend doctor will enlighten us with a lecture on the germ theory.

2. Showing or granting reverence or respect.

   Synonym: reverent

3. (Western Pennsylvania) Extreme, extraordinary, or powerful.

   Near-synonyms: reverable, estimable

reverend (plural reverends)

1. A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.

   Hypernyms: cleric, clergymember

   The esteemed reverend will enlighten us with a sermon on reconciliation.

• renerved

Borrowed from Latin reverendus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.βəˈɾen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.vəˈɾent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.veˈɾent]

reverend (feminine reverenda, masculine plural reverends, feminine plural reverendes)

1. respected, revered
2. reverend

• reverència

• “reverend”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French révérend, from Latin reverendus.

reverend m (plural reverenzi)

1. reverend