Reverend



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.值得敬重的
• ［英］ adj.值得敬重的 ( deserving reverence)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin reverendus, gerundive of revereri
• Date: 15th century
• 1. worthy of reverence ; revered
• 2.
  • a. of or relating to the clergy
  • b. being a member of the clergy — used as a title<the Reverend Mr. Doe><the Reverend John Doe><the Reverend Mrs. Jane Doe>

II. noun

• Date: 1608
• a member of the clergy — sometimes used in plural as a title

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