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revered
[ ri-veerd ]
adjective
- held in high regard tinged with awe; venerated:
Many of our most revered heroes were actually outlaws or rebels, fighting for a cause.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of revere 1.
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Other Words From
- un·re·vered adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of revered1
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Example Sentences
It is the kind of compassion espoused by every world religion and every revered religious leader.
Artists like Mick Jagger and Van Morrison obsessively revered and imitated African-American blues and rock musicians.
Today that singularly revered profession is actually many jobs rolled into one.
Some of the authors most revered by their contemporaries now languish in relative obscurity.
So, are children revered more for their work because of their talent or for their age?
But Sinzendorff, her revered uncle, had written of him as one whom all the women loved, while he loved only honour.
He is to-day the greatest man in the south of France, universally beloved and revered.
Indeed, the most ordinary white person, is almost revered, while the most qualified colored person is totally neglected.
The sword had become a revered symbol conveying to the departing the hope of divine favour and intercession.
He was so good a man, and so profoundly revered by the Athenians, that they intrusted to him the keys of their citadel.
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