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The Reverend

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Profile of John Wesley, a major religious leader of the 18th century. He is styled The Revᵈ., an abbreviation of "The Reverend".

The Reverend is an honorific style given before the names of certain Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style, but is sometimes referred to as a title, form of address, or title of respect.[1]

The term is an anglicisation of the Latin reverendus, the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb revereri ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". The Reverend is therefore equivalent to the Honourable or the Venerable. It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and most Catholic bishops are usually styled The Most Reverend (reverendissimus); other Lutheran bishops, Anglican bishops, and Catholic bishops are styled The Right Reverend.[2][3][4]

The forms His Reverence and Her Reverence are also sometimes used, along with their parallel in direct address, Your Reverence.[5]

  1. ^ "Reverend". LDoceOnline English Dictionary (definition) (online ed.). Longman. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. ^ The Lutheran Witness, Volumes 9-11. C.A. Frank. 1890. p. 67.
  3. ^ ""How to address the clergy", Crockford's Clerical Directory website". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ^ ""How to Address Church Officials", Catholic Education Resource Center website". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. ^ "His/Your Reverence". Oxford English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017. 1.2His/Your Reverence A title or form of address to a member of the clergy, especially a priest in Ireland. 'I regret, Your Reverence, that I cannot come to meet you.'
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