Here is the son of my dear, my dead friends, the Reverend and Mrs. Bannister, whose goodness to me in England I shall never forget or describe.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— worthy of reverence : REVERED
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Macmillan
— a title used for some Christian priests and ministers
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Collins
— Reverend is a title used before the name or rank of an officially appointed religious leader. The abbreviation Rev. or , Revd is also used.
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Usage
1 use of ‘reverend’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster