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单词 rt rev
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Rt. Rev.adj.

Forms: 1700s 2000s– Rt Rev, 1700s– Rt. Rev. (with points), 1900s– Rt Rev. (with point). Also with lower case initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Right Reverend at reverend adj. 1c(b)
Etymology: Shortened from Right Reverend at reverend adj. 1c(b) (as graphic abbreviation). Compare Rev. adj., and slightly earlier Rt. Revd. adj.
Used before a name as a title of a member of the clergy: Right Reverend.
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1707 F. Sandford Geneal. Hist. Kings Eng. Names of Subscribers The Rt. Rev. Father in God, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxx. 282 What would have happened if the Rt. Rev. Bishop Hilsbury had in preaching sported a white handkerchief and black silk gloves?
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 304 The rt rev. Mgr M'Manus.
2000 Guardian 19 May i. 24/1 Coggan's disciplined and distinctive primatial style was heightened from its outset by the contrast it set when compared with that of his immediate predecessor, the Rt Rev Michael (later Lord) Ramsey.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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