Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reverend
Reverend
reverend
adj. & n. --adj. (esp. as the title of a clergyman) deserving reverence. --n. colloq. a clergyman. Phrases and idioms Most Reverend the title of an archbishop or an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. Reverend Mother the title of the Mother Superior of a convent. Right Reverend the title of a bishop. Very Reverend the title of a dean etc. Etymology: ME f. OF reverend or L reverendus gerundive of revereri: see REVERE
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, gerundive of revereri Date: 15th century worthy of reverence ; revered, 2. of or relating to the clergy, being a member of the clergy, II. noun Date: 1608 a member of the clergy ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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