Revdadj.

Forms: 1600s– Revd. (with point), 1900s– Revd.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: reverend adj.

Etymology: Shortened < reverend adj. (as graphic abbreviation). Compare earlier Rev. adj.

Chiefly British.

Used before a name as a title of a member of the clergy: Reverend. Cf. Rev. adj. 1.Chiefly with the (traditionally regarded as the ‘correct’ usage; see the note at reverend adj. 1c).In quot. 1670 shortened from the second element of Right Reverend (see reverend adj. 1c(b)); cf. Rt. Revd. adj.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > address or title of

his reverencea1438

your reverence?a1440

fathershipa1500

dompnea1536

domine1566

reverendship1609

Revd1670

rookship1710

brother1741

venerability1843

Pfarrer1844

Rev.1862

reverend1869

1670 E. Bernard Let. 24 Nov. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 288 The Consideration of Astronomie as it is most artificially delivered & freed from Ageometresy by ye Right Revd. Dr Ward.

1693 W. Kennett Life Somner 1 in W. Somner Treat. Rom. Ports & Forts Kent The Life of Mr. Somner. To the Rev^d. Mr. James Brome.

1741 H. Fielding Shamela ix. 23 My good Friend and Neighbour the Revd. Mr. Squeeze-Tithe being..very near his Dissolution.

1796 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Oct. (1929) IV. 314 They have let their House ready furnished to a Revd. Mr. Beevor.

1811 P. B. Shelley Let. 17 Feb. (1964) I. 52 If any letter comes directed to the Revd. Charles Meyton, it is mine.

1868 Guardian 455/1 The Revd. H. T. Ellacombe, a well known campanologist.

1918 H. B. Irving Bk. of Remarkable Criminals 18 The Revd. John Selby Watson..at the age of sixty-five killed his wife in his library one Sunday afternoon.

1979 A. Gordon-Brown Settlers' Press 56 It was decided to ask the Revd Stephen Kay..to buy a press with type suitable for printing in the Xhosa language.

2005 Church Times 30 Sept. 13/4 In the 1980s..Revd Lynn Baumann proposed this modern aid for those attempting contemplative prayer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	revd
释义	Revdadj. Forms: 1600s– Revd. (with point), 1900s– Revd. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: reverend adj. Etymology: Shortened < reverend adj. (as graphic abbreviation). Compare earlier Rev. adj. Chiefly British. Used before a name as a title of a member of the clergy: Reverend. Cf. Rev. adj. 1.Chiefly with the (traditionally regarded as the ‘correct’ usage; see the note at reverend adj. 1c).In quot. 1670 shortened from the second element of Right Reverend (see reverend adj. 1c(b)); cf. Rt. Revd. adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > address or title of his reverencea1438 your reverence?a1440 fathershipa1500 dompnea1536 domine1566 reverendship1609 Revd1670 rookship1710 brother1741 venerability1843 Pfarrer1844 Rev.1862 reverend1869 1670 E. Bernard Let. 24 Nov. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 288 The Consideration of Astronomie as it is most artificially delivered & freed from Ageometresy by ye Right Revd. Dr Ward. 1693 W. Kennett Life Somner 1 in W. Somner Treat. Rom. Ports & Forts Kent The Life of Mr. Somner. To the Rev^d. Mr. James Brome. 1741 H. Fielding Shamela ix. 23 My good Friend and Neighbour the Revd. Mr. Squeeze-Tithe being..very near his Dissolution. 1796 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Oct. (1929) IV. 314 They have let their House ready furnished to a Revd. Mr. Beevor. 1811 P. B. Shelley Let. 17 Feb. (1964) I. 52 If any letter comes directed to the Revd. Charles Meyton, it is mine. 1868 Guardian 455/1 The Revd. H. T. Ellacombe, a well known campanologist. 1918 H. B. Irving Bk. of Remarkable Criminals 18 The Revd. John Selby Watson..at the age of sixty-five killed his wife in his library one Sunday afternoon. 1979 A. Gordon-Brown Settlers' Press 56 It was decided to ask the Revd Stephen Kay..to buy a press with type suitable for printing in the Xhosa language. 2005 Church Times 30 Sept. 13/4 In the 1980s..Revd Lynn Baumann proposed this modern aid for those attempting contemplative prayer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1670
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