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Reverend

Charles Buck Theological Dictionary

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Venerable; deserving awe and respect. It is a title of respect given to ecclesiastics. The religious abroad are called reverend fathers; and abbesses, prioresses, &c. reverend mothers. In England, bishops are right reverend, and archbishops most reverend; private clergymen, reverend. In France, before the revolution, their bishops, archbishops, and abbots, were all alike, most reverend. In Scotland, the clergy individually are, reverend; a synod is, very reverend; and the general assembly is, venerable. The Dissenters, also, in England have the title of reverend; though some of them suppose the term implies too much to be given to a mere creature, and that of God only it may be said with propriety, "Holy and reverend is his name, " Psalms 111:4 .

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Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Reverend'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​cbd/​r/reverend.html. 1802.
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