reveredadj.
/rᵻˈvɪəd/, U.S. /rəˈvɪ(ə)rd/, /riˈvɪ(ə)rd/ Treated with deep respect or admiration; that is the object of reverence or veneration, held in reverence.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > revered
adored1489
reverenced1572
worshipped1577
idolized1646
revered1661
venerated1790
1661 S. Ward Against Resistance Lawful Powers Ep. Ded. sig. A3v I should not finde any thing to be tolerably spoken, before the greatest, and most revered Judgment under Heaven.
1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 542 These Learned Authors (especially the four Revered Bishops of our own Church above) I have produced.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VIII. Coll. Sentiments 332 A good child will not seek to exculpate herself at the expence of the most revered characters.
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 332 Revered Defender of beauteous Stuart.
1818 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Earth 24 Such delights by thee Are given, rich Power, revered Divinity.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. 311 The treaties were..preserved in the most revered sanctuaries.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 312 As I was saying, revered friend, the abundance of your wisdom makes you indolent.
1924 E. F. Benson in Windsor Mag. Dec. 88/2 None of these renderings bore the smallest resemblance to the revered originals.
1995 Atlantic Nov. 74/2 Meal considers this openheartedness to be the legacy of his revered father, George.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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