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reverendship

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rev⋅er⋅end

  [rev-er-uhnd, rev-ruhnd]
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–adjective
1. (initial capital letter) (used as a title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order): Reverend Timothy Cranshaw; Reverend Mother.
2. worthy to be revered; entitled to reverence.
3. pertaining to or characteristic of the clergy.
–noun
4. Informal. a member of the clergy.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L reverendus worthy of being revered, ger. of reverērī to revere 1

Related forms:
rev⋅er⋅end⋅ship, noun
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Word Origin & History

reverend 
1428, "worthy of respect," from M.Fr. reverend, from L. reverendus "(he who is) to be respected," gerundive of revereri (see reverence). As a form of address for clergymen, it is attested from 1485; earlier reverent (c.1380 in this sense). Abbreviation Rev. is attested from 1721, earlier Revd. (1693). Very Reverend is used of deans, Right Reverend of bishops, Most Reverend of archbishops.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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