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reverend definition

rev·er·end (rev′ə rənd, rev′rənd)

adjective

  1. worthy of reverence; deserving to be revered: used with the as an honorific epithet for a member of the clergy, prefixed to the first name or initials and last name, and, in very formal use, preceding another title [the Reverend A. B. Smith, the Reverend Dr. Ann B. Smith, the Reverend Mr. Jones]
  2. of or characteristic of the clergy

Etymology: ME < MFr < L reverendus, ger. of revereri: see revere

noun

Informal a member of the clergy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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