unreverencen.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛv(ə)rəns/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛv(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛvər(ə)ns/, /ˌənˈrɛvrəns/ Now rare.† 2. your Un-Reverence: a mock form of address to a person who is not a member of the clergy. Cf. your reverence n. at reverence n. Phrases 6a. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
1. † a. Perhaps: excessive deference; obsequiousness. Obsolete.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xli. 20 It is not good to waiten aboute or to keepen al vnreuerence [L. inreverentiam].
b. Lack of reverence or due respect; irreverence.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [noun]
irreverencec1340
unreverencea1402
unreverency1555
unreverentness?1577
awelessness1583
impiety1594
irreverentialisma1859
a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 65 (MED) What worschip freres doþ now to pore prestes..may nouȝt be hidde..but vnreuerence [L. irreuerentia] in euerech place may be founde y-do in stede of reuerence.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxv. 29 The ire and vnreuerence [L. inreverentia] of a womman is grete schenschipe.
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 262 (MED) How greuous it is and how it displesiþ me and what harme is to hem, þe vnreuerence and persecucioun of my sones blood.
c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 23 (MED) In tyme of heryng of þi massis, refrayne þe from alle maner vnreuerens and dissolucioun.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPiv That is the moste vnreuerence that may be done to god.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xi. 271 The disobedience, vnreuerence, and contempt of children towards their parents.
a1627 W. Sclater Brief Comm. Malachy (1650) 27 Unreverence more displeaseth, than outward observance can please.
1684 R. Baxter Short Answer in Whether Parish Congregations be True Christian Churches ii. 16 Praying with the Hatt on, is..a sign of unreverence.
1823 J. Galt Entail III. viii. 81 If your worthy father had been to the fore, ye wouldna daur't to hae spoken wi' sic unreverence to me.
1895 Lafayette 13 Dec. 92/1 Make attendance voluntary, and the aforesaid unreverence will disappear and chapel will be all that is desired.
1912 Christian Reg. (Boston) 5 Sept. 847/1 The sense of God's presence and life..is deep and strong among Unitarians, while among the adherents of many of the churches that will not fellowship them that sense is offended by gross forms of unreverence.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > contemptuous title > form of address
sirrah1526
sir1592
your Un-Reverence1823
1823 W. H. Lyttleton Let. 11 Aug. in Corr. Lady Lyttleton (1912) x. 248 He has just resolved upon giving up shooting, and this for clerical reasons... The sooner I see your Un-Reverence a-shooting the better I shall be pleased.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
unreverencev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛv(ə)rəns/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛv(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛvər(ə)ns/, /ˌənˈrɛvrəns/ rare.
transitive. To treat without reverence or due respect.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > cause to be impious or treat with impiety [verb (transitive)] > treat
unreverence1553
1553 J. Bale Vocacyon f. 11 This write I, not in vnreuerencinge the sacrament, but but in detestacion of the abhominable ydolatries, therin most bestially committed.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxiv. 222 S. Paul thought their materiall Church..abused and unreverenc'd, by their lay-meetings of Love-feasts therein.
1853 Church of Eng. Mag. 19 Feb. 109/1 This most holy sacrament has been, and is yet by many profaned, unreverenced, and neglected.
2011 S. Ordinario Seeds among Weeds 62 I do not take this as unreverencing Mary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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