the title of a member of the clergy that is also sometimes used to talk to or about one see also Right ReverendTopics Religion and festivalsc2(尊称神职人员)尊敬的,可敬的 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin reverendus ‘person to be revered’, gerundive of revereri from re- (expressing intensive force) + vereri ‘to fear’.