reverend
adjective
(used as a title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order).
reverends
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pluralof reverend.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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No doctors, no lawyers, no journalists, no politicians, no reverends.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2022
They included two religious reverends, two senior penal system staff and two academics from the University of Sydney.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2022
I come from a family of reverends and pastors, and then here comes my little gay self.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
They can be reverends, rabbis, priests or pastors.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
It was on this trip that he had acquired most of his distaste for the reverends.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
