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adj
Worthy of reverence or respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: reverable, estimable, praiseworthy, admirable, allowable, commendable, creditable, glorious, honorable, laudable, respectable, reverend, valuable, venerable, worthy, revered, esteemed
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adj
Showing or granting reverence or respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: reverent
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adj
Extreme, extraordinary, or powerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Pennsylvania, Western
Synonyms: reverable, estimable
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noun
A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: cleric, clergymember
noun
A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Christian clergy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of reverend: a person who has received this designation and is entitled to use it publicly: a minister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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adjective satellite
worthy of adoration or reverence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sublime
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noun
a title of respect for a clergyman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: title, title of respect, form of address
noun
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiritual leader
Narrower terms: acolyte, anagnost, archdeacon, chaplain, cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, dominus, dominie, domine, dominee, doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Donne, John Donne, Keble, John Keble, King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Wesley, John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Williams, Roger Williams
History
Borrowed 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”).
Across languages
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