reverend
Worthy of esteem
Reverend is an honorific title for Christian clergy, used with a name: the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. , Reverend Jackson.
Informally, reverend serves as a noun meaning a member of the clergy: The reverend gave a moving sermon.
The underlying adjective meaning worthy of reverence is archaic.
Christian congregation leader
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
vicar · parson · rector · cleric · bishop · deacon · curate · padre
Clerical title abbreviation
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- fatherMale parent
- motherFemale parent
- brotherMale with shared parents
sister · bishop · dean · canon · archdeacon · monsignor · the cloth · ordained
Effortless beauty of motion
- excellencySuperior merit or virtue
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
lordship · majesty · sir · madam · guru · swami · master · rabbi
pastor
Christian congregation leader
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
chaplain · vicar · parson · rector · cleric · bishop · deacon · curate · padre · canon
Rev.
Clerical title abbreviation
brother · sister · bishop · dean · canon · archdeacon · monsignor · the cloth · ordained · ecclesiastic
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- excellencySuperior merit or virtue
- eminenceElevated rank or renown
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
worship · lordship · majesty · sir · madam · guru · swami · master · rabbi · imam
aged
Advanced in years
honorable · distinguished · august · respected · elder · time-honored · revered · learned · sagely · seasoned
veneration
Profound admiring respect
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
regard · dignity · admiration · devotion · awe · homage · piety · solemnity · gravitas · decorum
- ceremony leadersofficiant, master of ceremonies, emcee, MC, celebrant
- church officialsrector, vicar, curate, parson, abbot
- Colonial Clergyparson, rector, vicar, curate, preacher
- fictional clergyFather Brown, Friar Tuck, Ned Flanders, fallen priest, abbess
- officiantsofficiant, wedding officiant, ordained minister, justice of the peace, wedding celebrant
- preachersevangelist, preacher, minister, revivalist, parson
reverendlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
layman · laywoman · secular · laity · congregant
reverendcontemptible
Deserving strong disrespect
despicable · dishonorable · disgraceful · disreputable · irreverent
- Paul Revere's rideRevolutionary warning mission
- Paul RevereColonial warning horseman
- reverent silenceRespectful, awed quiet
- Reverend MotherSenior nun's honorific
- reverence for lifeProfound respect for living things
- The ReverendClergy member's honorific
reverence, revere, irreverent, reverent, irreverence, reverential, reverenced, irreverently, reverencing