reverend

See also: Reverend and révérend

English

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

Translations

worthy of reverence

• Greek:

  Ancient: σεβαστός (sebastós)

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• Russian: достопочте́нный (ru) (dostopočténnyj)

Noun

reverend (plural reverends)

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

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)
• Irish: urramach m
• Italian: reverendo (it) m, reverenda f
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• Polish: duchowny (pl) m
• Portuguese: reverendo 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

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