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ˈreverendship
[f. as prec. + -ship.]
Reverend or clerical character or standing. In early use with your, as a form of address.
1609[Bp. W. Barlow] Answ. Nameless Cath. 203 Either your Reuerendships brother, or your Reuerend Brother. 1653E. Chisenhale Cath. Hist. Ep. Ded., And withal, give your Reverendships a view of the wilde Thistles that bear no Figgs. 1739Let. in Whitefield Life & Jrnls. (1756) 222, I discouraged it before your Reverendship came to this town.
1870Pall Mall G. 19 Aug. 5 A clergyman writing to a stranger should notify his reverendship in some manner, but how to do it is not clear. |