Definition of reverend Reverend

/ɹɛˈvɚʌnd/ - [reverund] - Rev•er•end

We found 7 definitions of reverend from 4 different sources.

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What does reverend mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

reverend - a title of respect for a clergyman
reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
  clergyman, man of the cloth
  layman, layperson, secular someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  spiritual leader a leader in religious or sacred affairs
  clergy in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
  acolyte someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
  anagnost a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)
  archdeacon (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
  chaplain a clergyman ministering to some institution
  churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic, divine a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  curate, minister of religion, parson, rector, pastor, minister a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
  deacon a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
  domine, dominee, dominie, dominus a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
  ostiarius, ostiary, doorkeeper someone who guards an entrance
  lector, reader a public lecturer at certain universities
  officiant a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
  ordinand a person being ordained
  ordinary (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
  postulator someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
  preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
  priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
  shepherd a clergyman who watches over a group of people
  subdeacon a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
  vicar a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
  vicar a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

Adjective

reverend - worthy of adoration or reverence
  sublime
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  • reverend (a.)
    Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

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