Definition of "reverend" []

• Deserving reverence. (adjective)
• Relating to or characteristic of the clergy; clerical. (adjective)
• Used as a title and form of address for certain clerics in many Christian churches. In formal usage, preceded by the: the Reverend Jane Doe; Reverend John Jones. (adjective)
• Informal A cleric or minister. Used with the. (noun)

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• "The next year, he added the title reverend to his name as he became the pastor of Greater Middle Baptist Church, a position he held for many years, and would later also pastor"
• "It shows how little that guy knows to think that the reverend is somehow unique."
• "One pointed out that the good reverend is using the same book against gays, that was once used to justify enslavement of his ancestors."