adj.

1. Deserving reverence.
2. Relating to or characteristic of the clergy; clerical.
3. Reverend (Abbr. Rev.) Used as a title and form of address for certain clerics in many Christian churches. In formal usage, preceded by the: the Reverend Jane Doe; Reverend John Jones.

n. Informal.

A cleric or minister. Used with the.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin reverendus, gerundive of reverērī, to revere. See revere¹.]

noun

A person ordained for service in a Christian church: churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher. See religion.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
  Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth

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The adjective reverend has one meaning:

Meaning #1: worthy of adoration or reverence
  Synonyms: revered, reverenced, sublime, venerated

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ærværdighed
n. - præst

Nederlands (Dutch)
eerbiedwaardig(e), kerkelijk hoogwaardigheids- bekleder, eerwaard

Français (French)
adj. - vénérable
n. - révérend, curé, pasteur, l'abbé, le pasteur, le révérend

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hochwürden
adj. - ehrwürdig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (για προσαγόρευση ιερωμένου) αιδεσιμότατος, παπάς, δεσπότης
adj. - αξιοσέβαστος, σεβάσμιος, (για προσαγόρευση ιερωμένου) αιδεσιμότατος

Italiano (Italian)
reverendo, venerando

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reverendo (m), padre (m), pastor (m)
adj. - venerável, respeitável

Русский (Russian)
преподобный, почтенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - reverendo, venerable
n. - Reverendo, clérigo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kyrkoherde
adj. - vördnadsvärd

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
应受尊敬的, 牧师的, 教士, 牧师, 神职人员

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 應受尊敬的, 牧師的
n. - 教士, 牧師, 神職人員

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 숭배할 만한, 귀하신
n. - 목사, 성직자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - …師, 尊敬すべき, 聖職にある
n. - 牧師, 聖職者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كاهن (صفه) موقر, مبجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ראוי להערצה, נכבד‬
n. - ‮איש-דת, כומר‬

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