reverend

See also: Reverend and révérend

English

Alternative forms

• reuerend (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛvɹənd/, /ˈɹɛvəɹənd/

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Adjective

reverend

1. Worthy of reverence or respect.

   Synonyms: reverable, estimable

   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

Translations

worthy of reverence

Bulgarian: достопочтен (bg) (dostopočten) Greek: Ancient: σεβαστός (sebastós) Macedonian: почи́туван (počítuvan) Russian: достопочте́нный (ru) (dostopočténnyj) Ukrainian: шано́вний (uk) m (šanóvnyj)

Noun

reverend (plural reverends)

1. (informal) A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.

   Hypernyms: cleric, clergymember

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

Translations

member of the Christian clergy

Catalan: reverend m Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi) Faroese: prestur m Finnish: pappi (fi) French: révérend (fr) m German: (Seiner, Euer - in reference) Hochwürden (de), (Seiner, Euer - in reference) Ehrwürden (de) Icelandic: séra m Irish: urramach m Italian: reverendo (it) m, reverenda f Polish: duchowny (pl) m Portuguese: reverendo (pt) m Russian: преподо́бный (ru) m (prepodóbnyj), (его́, их (his, their) - in reference) преподо́бие (ru) n (prepodóbije) Scottish Gaelic: urramach m Serbo-Croatian: velečasni (sh) m, велечасни m Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: reverendo (es) m Tagalog: reberendo Ukrainian: преподо́бний m (prepodóbnyj), преподо́біє n (prepodóbije)

Anagrams

• renerved

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reverendus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. respected, revered
2. reverend

Related terms

• reverència

Further reading

• “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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French révérend, from Latin reverendus.

Noun

reverend m (plural reverenzi)

1. reverend

Declension

Declension of reverend

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	reverend	reverendul		reverenzi	reverenzii
genitive-dative	reverend	reverendului		reverenzi	reverenzilor
vocative	reverendule			reverenzilor